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 know, I know, I know
Ok?
I'll just do it later
What do you mean?
When I'm done
Don't forget
Uh, yeah
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
A tomahawk and a fleet fox
Uproot it please
And let me see the nearest box office hit miss
And a karate kid
A remix
This is the end of original content
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only free for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Holy fires
And mystical minds
The martyrdom dumb dummies
Frequesnt flyer, go-byers
I cry out
Came, punched April out
Know what version did you get
But the sucker's in the south
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Please please
Make the dirty preacher freeze
Please please
Make that dirty preacher freeze
Please please
Let that dirty preacher freeze
Jesus, write my lyrical outro with the greatest of ease
Ease, ease, ease, ease
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Love
Love
Love
Ok?
I'll just do it later
What do you mean?
When I'm done
Don't forget
Uh, yeah
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
A tomahawk and a fleet fox
Uproot it please
And let me see the nearest box office hit miss
And a karate kid
A remix
This is the end of original content
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only free for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Holy fires
And mystical minds
The martyrdom dumb dummies
Frequesnt flyer, go-byers
I cry out
Came, punched April out
Know what version did you get
But the sucker's in the south
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Please please
Make the dirty preacher freeze
Please please
Make that dirty preacher freeze
Please please
Let that dirty preacher freeze
Jesus, write my lyrical outro with the greatest of ease
Ease, ease, ease, ease
The kids are
The kids are blowing up the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
We're trading
Love
And freedom, baby for our hastles
It's not for
Free
It's only fit for our survival
The kids are
The kids are swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Swing
Swing
They're swinging from the castles
Love
Love
Love
Lyrics submitted by LPodyssey07, edited by NessieRal
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I hear this in the first verse:
A tomahawk and a fleet fox Uproot it please And let me see the nearest box office hit miss And a karate kid A remix This is the end of original content
and this in the chorus: It's only fit for our survival
Accually More I HEar This In The Courus
Its Not For ME Its only Fit For our Survival
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