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.
It started out as one love passion
Now it's bursting out into a chain reaction
My sinful deeds I will never confess
This dead will make out to be a useless witness
This is just what we wanted
Which is why it feels so right
Cut, slice, dig as deep as you can
Look into her hands and know his blood is on your hands
My lead is the reaper
And my anger is my scythe
Together we will make this life
Together we will
Hide and seek, a sick game of destiny
And this round you will never win
You know you'll never find him
Here we go, count to 10 let's start the show
Where you've gone she will never know
Cut throat executioner
I aspire to survive
It's a case of an unsolved murder
Baby, now you're all mine
No services
Coffin
No hearse
I'll find a place to hide his corpse
Under the world!
Bury my secrets
Evidence will burn
The deed is done I've lost my mind
Last sense of my conscience starts fade and die
Under the world
Are the sins committed for this girl
This man who died it's justified
He's out of sight
Now you're all mine
Now you're all mine
Hide and seek, a sick game of destiny
And this round you will never win
You know you'll never find him
Here we go, count to 10 let's start the show
Where you've gone she will never know
Woah-oh-ohhhhhh-ohhhhhh
I'm a sinner
I'm a sinner
I'm a sick cold hearted killer
I'm a lover
I'm a winner
And I'd do it all to steal her
From a life she thinks she wants
But I know she would regret
Living life without another man
And now he's fucking dead.
I'm a sinner
I'm a sinner
I'm a sick cold hearted killer
I'm a lover
I'm a winner
And I'd do it all to steal her
From a life she thinks she wants
But I know she would regret
Living life without another man
And now he's fucking dead.
It's sadistic
It's pathetic
So simplistic
It's poetic
It's ironic
So psychotic
And I really really want it
So I took what I deserve
And I said "Hey, well fuck the price"
So I cut him into pieces
Took my demons own advice
Now you're all mine
Go, look for your lover
If you keep searching he will show up dead
I am the murderer
You will never see his pretty face again
Never again
Now it's bursting out into a chain reaction
My sinful deeds I will never confess
This dead will make out to be a useless witness
This is just what we wanted
Which is why it feels so right
Cut, slice, dig as deep as you can
Look into her hands and know his blood is on your hands
My lead is the reaper
And my anger is my scythe
Together we will make this life
Together we will
Hide and seek, a sick game of destiny
And this round you will never win
You know you'll never find him
Here we go, count to 10 let's start the show
Where you've gone she will never know
Cut throat executioner
I aspire to survive
It's a case of an unsolved murder
Baby, now you're all mine
No services
Coffin
No hearse
I'll find a place to hide his corpse
Under the world!
Bury my secrets
Evidence will burn
The deed is done I've lost my mind
Last sense of my conscience starts fade and die
Under the world
Are the sins committed for this girl
This man who died it's justified
He's out of sight
Now you're all mine
Now you're all mine
Hide and seek, a sick game of destiny
And this round you will never win
You know you'll never find him
Here we go, count to 10 let's start the show
Where you've gone she will never know
Woah-oh-ohhhhhh-ohhhhhh
I'm a sinner
I'm a sinner
I'm a sick cold hearted killer
I'm a lover
I'm a winner
And I'd do it all to steal her
From a life she thinks she wants
But I know she would regret
Living life without another man
And now he's fucking dead.
I'm a sinner
I'm a sinner
I'm a sick cold hearted killer
I'm a lover
I'm a winner
And I'd do it all to steal her
From a life she thinks she wants
But I know she would regret
Living life without another man
And now he's fucking dead.
It's sadistic
It's pathetic
So simplistic
It's poetic
It's ironic
So psychotic
And I really really want it
So I took what I deserve
And I said "Hey, well fuck the price"
So I cut him into pieces
Took my demons own advice
Now you're all mine
Go, look for your lover
If you keep searching he will show up dead
I am the murderer
You will never see his pretty face again
Never again
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