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.
To kill a mockingbird
Is to silence the song
That seduces you
Why?
'cause you need that desire in your heart to survive
And you need that burning fire in your soul to know
You're still alive
So catch me when I fall
Or did I dive at your delight?
In my heart I can fly
And I cannot disguise my love
There is no time
And I wouldn't know how
Constellations tonight
Are so fiercesomely bright, my love
I have no fear
I am Atticus now
Remember what I lost like hot coals in my hand from days gone by
Like Pandora adored the euphoria as her heart raced
Like love lost you've got to try even in vain
Feels like you'll go insane
But you're the hardest instrument that I've ever had to play
In my heart I can fly
And I cannot disguise my love
There is no time to
And I wouldn't know how to
Constellations tonight
Are so fiercesomely bright, my love
I have no fear
I am Atticus now
So why don't we fall into the waves?
Can't you see how my heart yearns to mis-behave?
In my heart I can fly
And I cannot disguise my love
There is no time to
And I wouldn't know how
The constellations tonight
Are so fiercesomely bright, my love
I have no fear left
Cause I am Atticus now
So why don't we fall into the waves?
Can't you see how my heart yearns to mis-behave?
Is to silence the song
That seduces you
Why?
'cause you need that desire in your heart to survive
And you need that burning fire in your soul to know
You're still alive
So catch me when I fall
Or did I dive at your delight?
In my heart I can fly
And I cannot disguise my love
There is no time
And I wouldn't know how
Constellations tonight
Are so fiercesomely bright, my love
I have no fear
I am Atticus now
Remember what I lost like hot coals in my hand from days gone by
Like Pandora adored the euphoria as her heart raced
Like love lost you've got to try even in vain
Feels like you'll go insane
But you're the hardest instrument that I've ever had to play
In my heart I can fly
And I cannot disguise my love
There is no time to
And I wouldn't know how to
Constellations tonight
Are so fiercesomely bright, my love
I have no fear
I am Atticus now
So why don't we fall into the waves?
Can't you see how my heart yearns to mis-behave?
In my heart I can fly
And I cannot disguise my love
There is no time to
And I wouldn't know how
The constellations tonight
Are so fiercesomely bright, my love
I have no fear left
Cause I am Atticus now
So why don't we fall into the waves?
Can't you see how my heart yearns to mis-behave?
Lyrics submitted by oxconversexo
Atticus Lyrics as written by James Ross Morrison Daniel John Montagu Smith
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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