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.
Shine a light of hope. On the road everyone walks.
We could not meet, so I abandoned the swollen mission
A holy guide seized me by the collar.
Fall, betray, seek and lose.
Open, receive, embrace and smile
I felt someone's eyes on my back and went with the flow.
Indulging in inappropriate behaviour
A memory of an encounter will tie and untie me in the future
A mystery describes word of the songs.
Rewrite the track of dreams
One answer comes down at dawn
Heavy door fades and clusters at the beginning of the world
Give a deathbed to a story
Deceived and received vanishing black moon
Counted the cold breeze on my fingers, Sing a lullaby beyond a wish
Realised I’ve been manipulated, I shut and hate irrelevance.
Mislaid my mind in the scene of many people out the window
Love the day's fatigue in the days of change.
The inside colouration gets cloudy and clear by turns.
Hearing unknown opinion, I colour the inner blank paper
Rules of rain temporarily appear,
A reward of change turns into kindness.
In a deep sleep I can hear you breath. Consciousness is alert,
eyes sink, skin realises. Quiet breathing.
Find an encountering, Feeling echoes in search of a soul.
Stretch higher and grasp a quiet night. I grasp a cloud in the sky.
Then establish a vast future.
Someone's clod of sense collapsed many times. You trusted it,
so we insert it impressively to our memories in the holy night.
Give name to a curvy road.
There's no end to the unforgettable days
Place we stop at is your sign.
Tomorrow parting I offer
Countless love begins the sound
Memories are expecting us in brimming days
Put a mark where we can’t erase
Etch records and memories on inhabitant of darkness
Find a crying voice while it lasts. The touch in the dead of night
An indication of morning resembles a prayer.
Forgetting yesterday as I inhale a sight
Find two smiles in each breath.
We could not meet, so I abandoned the swollen mission
A holy guide seized me by the collar.
Fall, betray, seek and lose.
Open, receive, embrace and smile
I felt someone's eyes on my back and went with the flow.
Indulging in inappropriate behaviour
A memory of an encounter will tie and untie me in the future
A mystery describes word of the songs.
Rewrite the track of dreams
One answer comes down at dawn
Heavy door fades and clusters at the beginning of the world
Give a deathbed to a story
Deceived and received vanishing black moon
Counted the cold breeze on my fingers, Sing a lullaby beyond a wish
Realised I’ve been manipulated, I shut and hate irrelevance.
Mislaid my mind in the scene of many people out the window
Love the day's fatigue in the days of change.
The inside colouration gets cloudy and clear by turns.
Hearing unknown opinion, I colour the inner blank paper
Rules of rain temporarily appear,
A reward of change turns into kindness.
In a deep sleep I can hear you breath. Consciousness is alert,
eyes sink, skin realises. Quiet breathing.
Find an encountering, Feeling echoes in search of a soul.
Stretch higher and grasp a quiet night. I grasp a cloud in the sky.
Then establish a vast future.
Someone's clod of sense collapsed many times. You trusted it,
so we insert it impressively to our memories in the holy night.
Give name to a curvy road.
There's no end to the unforgettable days
Place we stop at is your sign.
Tomorrow parting I offer
Countless love begins the sound
Memories are expecting us in brimming days
Put a mark where we can’t erase
Etch records and memories on inhabitant of darkness
Find a crying voice while it lasts. The touch in the dead of night
An indication of morning resembles a prayer.
Forgetting yesterday as I inhale a sight
Find two smiles in each breath.
Lyrics submitted by canaan
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