In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Standing on a platform to speak with a forked tongue
How spit drips with irony
Yet you're so righteous in your mind
I see the blackness inside your eyes
Seething, your rage is without an ounce
Of meaning or coherence
Despised
Remove your mask
You're fooling no-one now
So close to your demise
Your time is running out
You're craving adulation, you wonder what is wrong
The eyes staring back at you are apathetic to a liar
I see your pretence begin to fade
Seething, your rage is without an ounce
Of meaning or coherence
Despised
Remove your mask
You're foolin no-one now
So close to your demise
Your time is running out
Removed of dignity and now
The sense of worth begins to fade
Sickening vanity and now
No sense of purpose will remain
How will you find your way?
So began this [?Not sure]
Lost in failure
Devoid of passion
You sealed your own fate
Stand behind this [?Also not sure]
Lost in failure
Devoid of passion
You sealed your own fate
And so it ends...
All!
Your!
Lives!!
And so it ends!
[Solo]
I can see
See the blackness inside your heart
Seething, your rage is driven by madness
Go!
I see your pretence,
Perish before me
Cowardly vermin,
Devoid of glory!
Removed of dignity and now
The sense of worth begins to fade
Sickening vanity and now
No sense of purpose will remain
Remain!
How spit drips with irony
Yet you're so righteous in your mind
I see the blackness inside your eyes
Seething, your rage is without an ounce
Of meaning or coherence
Despised
Remove your mask
You're fooling no-one now
So close to your demise
Your time is running out
You're craving adulation, you wonder what is wrong
The eyes staring back at you are apathetic to a liar
I see your pretence begin to fade
Seething, your rage is without an ounce
Of meaning or coherence
Despised
Remove your mask
You're foolin no-one now
So close to your demise
Your time is running out
Removed of dignity and now
The sense of worth begins to fade
Sickening vanity and now
No sense of purpose will remain
How will you find your way?
So began this [?Not sure]
Lost in failure
Devoid of passion
You sealed your own fate
Stand behind this [?Also not sure]
Lost in failure
Devoid of passion
You sealed your own fate
And so it ends...
All!
Your!
Lives!!
And so it ends!
[Solo]
I can see
See the blackness inside your heart
Seething, your rage is driven by madness
Go!
I see your pretence,
Perish before me
Cowardly vermin,
Devoid of glory!
Removed of dignity and now
The sense of worth begins to fade
Sickening vanity and now
No sense of purpose will remain
Remain!
Lyrics submitted by HASJ
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