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.
Giles Corey, bloody, gory,
we will redress your wrongs
bloody, battered,
nothing matters,
somehow, just makes it worse
and I don't care if I live or die,
because I ain't ever going to no other side,
there ain't no heaven and there ain't no hell,
but I am a sinner so it's all just as well
there's a devil on my back
there's a devil on my legs,
there's a devil on my chest
there's a devil on my neck
and of a wicked physick came
all the heavy stones
to fall with crushing weight upon
all of those who can't become a ghost
I've been wailing like a child at the bottom of a well
I've been pacing like a man in a prison cell
I am buried above the ground
and noone knows anything
is this real
we will redress your wrongs
bloody, battered,
nothing matters,
somehow, just makes it worse
and I don't care if I live or die,
because I ain't ever going to no other side,
there ain't no heaven and there ain't no hell,
but I am a sinner so it's all just as well
there's a devil on my back
there's a devil on my legs,
there's a devil on my chest
there's a devil on my neck
and of a wicked physick came
all the heavy stones
to fall with crushing weight upon
all of those who can't become a ghost
I've been wailing like a child at the bottom of a well
I've been pacing like a man in a prison cell
I am buried above the ground
and noone knows anything
is this real
Lyrics submitted by brobs
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