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.
Transgress your fake religion
Sick ideology
Debased TV communion
Apology?
Contemptuous self indulgence
Outsides a living hell
Excessive words can't enter
This padded cell
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Infernal thoughts invading
My inhumanity
Provoked by godly judgement
Wait till I'm free
Assault the shinning icon
My temples severed head
The lambs satanic beating
Incestuous bred
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Our father screams in heaven
Wounded and wire tied
Imploring for extinction
We're crucified
Accused by burning angels
Unconscious in a cage
I eat the holy bible
I am the plague
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it
Kill it
Kill it
Sick ideology
Debased TV communion
Apology?
Contemptuous self indulgence
Outsides a living hell
Excessive words can't enter
This padded cell
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Infernal thoughts invading
My inhumanity
Provoked by godly judgement
Wait till I'm free
Assault the shinning icon
My temples severed head
The lambs satanic beating
Incestuous bred
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Our father screams in heaven
Wounded and wire tied
Imploring for extinction
We're crucified
Accused by burning angels
Unconscious in a cage
I eat the holy bible
I am the plague
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it, kill it, kill it
Kill it
Kill it
Kill it
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