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.
""I watch you In my silence I was you Last grey morning I want you And I cast you And I face disaster (Chorus) I ask you being man I have less use for dignification I know In myself I defy Yet I fall to instinct primitive Am I here? Is this home? ...better run from myself better run... I want you Silently forgiven I want you The pain bestowed (chorus) I feel a change in the air Outstretched to God He fields the suffering A feeling close to me who closes in? I knew I didn't have to go Feeding stop the hunger flat low living Caution for a lunatic... Left her behind god-damnit She didn't have the luck to follow Well here's a little lie about the man she stole away 'Night within a soul cries 'hallelujah' when your drowning'... Once fast below woman... It's fault is not your own And as you are to my world my world shall always be to you you fucker... Feed me woman... I want you.""
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Man Lyrics as written by Devin Garrett Townsend
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