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.
"Ain't it this world presenting a foolish fiction spreading like cancer?
Civil terror vs. Governmental one, vice versa...
Ain't it this world we are living in, and suffering in silent cries?
Words of wisdom lies in wetness of the tears on your pillow...
Words of wisdom lies in wetness of the tears..."
You have been called
For common good
Just need to know
How you explode
In the name of human rights
Hygenic slavery strikes
Distilled and bottled 3rd world blood
None will ever see
Until eternity
Corrosive poisons spread
None will ever think
To stop this terror
Everywhere in everyone
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Security reasons all around
Are squeezing human races liberty
In the name of human rights
Hygenic slavery strikes
Distilled and bottled 3rd world blood
None will ever see
Until eternity
Corrosive poisons spread
None will ever think
To stop this terror
Everywhere in everyone
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Civil terror vs. Governmental one, vice versa...
Ain't it this world we are living in, and suffering in silent cries?
Words of wisdom lies in wetness of the tears on your pillow...
Words of wisdom lies in wetness of the tears..."
You have been called
For common good
Just need to know
How you explode
In the name of human rights
Hygenic slavery strikes
Distilled and bottled 3rd world blood
None will ever see
Until eternity
Corrosive poisons spread
None will ever think
To stop this terror
Everywhere in everyone
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Security reasons all around
Are squeezing human races liberty
In the name of human rights
Hygenic slavery strikes
Distilled and bottled 3rd world blood
None will ever see
Until eternity
Corrosive poisons spread
None will ever think
To stop this terror
Everywhere in everyone
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Ain't it this world we're living in
And suffering in silent cries?
Lyrics submitted by sepultura1987
Civil Terror Vs Governmental One Lyrics as written by Knight Errant
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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