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.
Come gather in my lungs Scottish wind
Belt out your blackest poems as the sea around you sings
When the drone takes to the air a single note to raise my hair
Carry songs beyond my lungs cold Scottish winds
Come fall upon my shoulders Scottish rain
And dissolve all of the worry that has hunched this back of mine
Let the hurt run down the drain to the reservoir
And one day I'll add a drop of my old worries to a dram
Gather heavy in my lungs Scottish wind
All the fag smoke in the ether of the grouse that clips your wings
And I will cough just like my granddad and his grandpa before him
Oh blow youth into these lungs old Scottish wind
Come burl around my body Scottish blood
I'll try not to spill a drop, I'm sure you've spilled enough
And the ancient English rule will mean nothing to these towns
Run forever in my veins bold Scottish blood
Bring a whisper to my mouth soft Scottish winds
Just enough to say I love you to the girl that keeps me sane
And take the stupid things I've said and blow them miles and miles away
Thank you in advance Scottish wind
Thank you in advance Scottish wind
Belt out your blackest poems as the sea around you sings
When the drone takes to the air a single note to raise my hair
Carry songs beyond my lungs cold Scottish winds
Come fall upon my shoulders Scottish rain
And dissolve all of the worry that has hunched this back of mine
Let the hurt run down the drain to the reservoir
And one day I'll add a drop of my old worries to a dram
Gather heavy in my lungs Scottish wind
All the fag smoke in the ether of the grouse that clips your wings
And I will cough just like my granddad and his grandpa before him
Oh blow youth into these lungs old Scottish wind
Come burl around my body Scottish blood
I'll try not to spill a drop, I'm sure you've spilled enough
And the ancient English rule will mean nothing to these towns
Run forever in my veins bold Scottish blood
Bring a whisper to my mouth soft Scottish winds
Just enough to say I love you to the girl that keeps me sane
And take the stupid things I've said and blow them miles and miles away
Thank you in advance Scottish wind
Thank you in advance Scottish wind
Lyrics submitted by TheModernLeper, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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Agreed! This makes me proud to be Scottish!
The recorded version has "And the english fucking rule"
Also, "Just enough to say I love you to the girl that keeps me sane"