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.
A new born land
Dreaming by the sky
The scent of colors
In the flowers
Believe it's small
In many ways
It holds the key
That divides the super powers
This road is never lonely
To England they are tied
They were blasted by the Silver Cloud
There were blasted to the wall alive
This place, this place ain't big enough
For stars and stripes
Counting out the statesmen
Bungling one by one
Spelling out this segregation
So the catchword be
Looking after number one
They release the fear inside
Are human after all
So begins our dream time
They hunted like the dinosaur
We the pure
They the savage innocent
How we crush our existence after all
Come on
For without them we are lonely
This England we are blind
Like all the Empires crumble
Will surely change the tide
This place ain't big enough
For red and white
This place ain't big enough
For stars and stripes
This place, this place
This place is theirs, by their birthright
This place
The sun gives better reasons
United we are blind
To deliver our existence
Keep it up, keep it up
This human tide, give it some
We can break the ties
Of recent changes
Know the ones who hold the key
Singing out the congregation
We are them and they are we
This place ain't big enough
For red and white
This place ain't big enough
For stars and stripes
This place, this place
This place is theirs by their birthright
Dreaming by the sky
The scent of colors
In the flowers
Believe it's small
In many ways
It holds the key
That divides the super powers
This road is never lonely
To England they are tied
They were blasted by the Silver Cloud
There were blasted to the wall alive
This place, this place ain't big enough
For stars and stripes
Counting out the statesmen
Bungling one by one
Spelling out this segregation
So the catchword be
Looking after number one
They release the fear inside
Are human after all
So begins our dream time
They hunted like the dinosaur
We the pure
They the savage innocent
How we crush our existence after all
Come on
For without them we are lonely
This England we are blind
Like all the Empires crumble
Will surely change the tide
This place ain't big enough
For red and white
This place ain't big enough
For stars and stripes
This place, this place
This place is theirs, by their birthright
This place
The sun gives better reasons
United we are blind
To deliver our existence
Keep it up, keep it up
This human tide, give it some
We can break the ties
Of recent changes
Know the ones who hold the key
Singing out the congregation
We are them and they are we
This place ain't big enough
For red and white
This place ain't big enough
For stars and stripes
This place, this place
This place is theirs by their birthright
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Birthright Lyrics as written by Max Bacon John Roy Anderson
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