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.
As the pages burn
Secrets can't be unlearned
Silence can't be unheard... Knowledge is burden
Power is onus as the pages burn
Rejecting cognition as the pages turn
Sinking in a pool of either
The past is washed clean
Rip apart the world
Word by word
Inch by inch
Sever your timeline
Silence your conscience
Sweet amnesia here to free you
As the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
As the pages burn
As smoke fills the room soon to pass... heavy gloom
The wind will whisk away the past
A blank page stares at you
Nothing left
Where to start?
A second chance carries expectation!
The books you'd written no longer exist
The future is in your pen
Ink to paper now begin
Rip apart the world
Word by word
Inch by inch
Sever your timeline
Silence your conscience!
Sweet amnesia here to free you
As the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
As the pages... burn!
Rewriting history
Starting now!
Erase the misery
Let the flames eat your doubts
Sweet amnesia here to free you
As the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
As the pages burn!
Secrets can't be unlearned
Silence can't be unheard... Knowledge is burden
Power is onus as the pages burn
Rejecting cognition as the pages turn
Sinking in a pool of either
The past is washed clean
Rip apart the world
Word by word
Inch by inch
Sever your timeline
Silence your conscience
Sweet amnesia here to free you
As the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
As the pages burn
As smoke fills the room soon to pass... heavy gloom
The wind will whisk away the past
A blank page stares at you
Nothing left
Where to start?
A second chance carries expectation!
The books you'd written no longer exist
The future is in your pen
Ink to paper now begin
Rip apart the world
Word by word
Inch by inch
Sever your timeline
Silence your conscience!
Sweet amnesia here to free you
As the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
As the pages... burn!
Rewriting history
Starting now!
Erase the misery
Let the flames eat your doubts
Sweet amnesia here to free you
As the pages burn (burn!)
All you trials solved bye fire
As the pages burn!
Lyrics submitted by OceanSoul221
As the Pages Burn Lyrics as written by Michael Amott Alissa White-gluz
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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