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 became so sick of it all The feelings we found and the time that we shared The passion compared is no less divine In my mind are the swells that encompass the pain And the vision of her oh the feelings of pain And the memories that were now are gone Why should it have to end this way? Will they all just turn and forget us? There's only one thing left to find look around Oh and when my light is lost and spent Turn the pages It's your chosen last book Gave you everything All you need to make your decision Keep these wounds open for you Now they're closing Scars remind me every moment We'd had enough of satisfying lust And our intentions were so pure and innocent Pay the fool with life and he will find a way Play the fool Wish that you had never begun this endeavour Now light is gone And around and around and around (Wish that you had never begun this endeavour) (Now light is gone) Wish that you had never""
Lyrics submitted by corerulez, edited by Mokga720, Passenger146
Origin - Concealing Fate Part Six Lyrics as written by Amos Williams Alec Kahney
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[I. Acceptance]
Now show your hands You have no right to complicate Now show your hands You have no right to complicate
You put to me in your defense A circumstance in evidence That’s what you said To me it seems you advertised
It’s your chosen last book Gave you everything, All you need to make your decision Keep these wounds open for you Now they’re closing Scars remind me every moment
Revolve alone Revolve alone
All I said I meant it Confused by the mire We stride relentlessly All I said I meant it
Now show your hands You have no right to complicate Now show your hands You have no right to complicate
Revolve alone become defenseless
All I ever said Before the moment Twisting words inside my head All I ever said Take back everything, all I wanted All I ever needed was here
[II. Deception]
So my demons your time has come
You will find me lay here You and I both entwined How refined an encounter You ignite within my mind With one desire When it falls into place Rush of fear takes over Suddenly you succumb to impatience and surrender
So my demons your time has come
Well I swear we are in limited landscapes Well I swear the tide swallows me You're in denial
[III. The Impossible]
Don’t you know how you’re feeling?
Breathe in, Reach out The ocean swells, The ocean keeps me safe
Don’t you know how to keep, keep me safe? Disgrace Is this how you plan on treating yourself?
Breathe in, Reach out The ocean swells, The ocean keeps me safe
You’re in denial Don’t you know how you’re feeling? Don’t you know how you’re feeling? Don’t you think it’s been long enough? Don’t you know how you’re feeling? You’re in denial Don’t you think it’s been long enough?
Open your mind before The impossible consumes us all So many people Don’t close your eyes
[IV. Perfection]
Give me just one moment Through the eyes of the one in A picture perfect moment In the life of the one who is Something better, More than anything I will ever be Give me just one second Just to touch what I'll never own Let me count those feelings Of love that I will never share Show me your compassion In the dark of this world
I would give it all For one taste of it Of everything I would give it all To become you Well I finally found out That this world, This whole worlds a lie And I'll try I would give it all to become you
[V. Epiphany]
(Instrumental)
[VI. Origin]
I became so sick of it all The feelings we found and the time that we shared The passion compared is no less divine In my mind are the swells that encompass the pain And the vision of her, oh, the feelings of pain And the memories that were now are gone
Why should it have to end this way? Will they all just turn and forget us? There’s only one thing left to find, look around And when my light is lost and spent Turn the pages
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Pay the fool with life and he will find a way Play the fool
Wish that you had never begun this endeavor Now light is gone And around and around and around Wish that you had never begun this endeavor Now light is gone Wish that you had never...
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