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.
This is survival
This is my exile
I find no solace
I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?
Now behold the consequence
The aftermath of ignorance
Shackled to my worthless neck
Give me one reason to resist
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?
Because everything's turning black
And I see no hope of turning back
Cold terror grips my lungs
To let it in would be to accept defeat
But what's left to fight for?
When I look inside
The nothingness confronts me
Vexed by the hands of time
This is survival
I against I
What's left inside?
What's left inside?
What's left inside?
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
No
I can feel the deadweight
I can feel the deadweight of my soul
Dragging me from this world
Oh, deadweight
This is my exile
I find no solace
I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?
Now behold the consequence
The aftermath of ignorance
Shackled to my worthless neck
Give me one reason to resist
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?
Because everything's turning black
And I see no hope of turning back
Cold terror grips my lungs
To let it in would be to accept defeat
But what's left to fight for?
When I look inside
The nothingness confronts me
Vexed by the hands of time
This is survival
I against I
What's left inside?
What's left inside?
What's left inside?
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
No
I can feel the deadweight
I can feel the deadweight of my soul
Dragging me from this world
Oh, deadweight
Lyrics submitted by alien13, edited by BlueDiamondx3
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