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.
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
And all those secrets, lost in your eyes
And all those regrets, you hold inside
And all those memories, left by design
And all those mysteries, lost in your eyes, lost in your eyes
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
And all those footsteps, washed in the tides
And all those droplets, blood into wine
And all those heartaches, tears that you've cried
And all those mistakes, washed in the tides, washed in the tides
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
I stare at the stricken
The follies of man and the horror that lives in your eyes
And once were forgiven
The mind explodes in waves of terror
Burn my eyes, tear at the skin
The crawling beneath will begin
Side by side
Pounding the heretic drums as we rise or we fall
And all these scars
The nightmare it calls
The fear and betrayal begin
We've come so far
The shit we ingest
With a mouthful of spit and protest
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
The black candle fades
Go disappear, lost and forever broken
Shattered like glass
The scars and the sex
The lies and the fables we tell
And all we are
This fate is your choice
Regrets that you'll take to the grave
These threads of silk
That held this together
Rotting and curdled as milk
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
And all those secrets, lost in your eyes
And all those regrets, you hold inside
And all those memories, left by design
And all those mysteries, lost in your eyes, lost in your eyes
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
And all those footsteps, washed in the tides
And all those droplets, blood into wine
And all those heartaches, tears that you've cried
And all those mistakes, washed in the tides, washed in the tides
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
I stare at the stricken
The follies of man and the horror that lives in your eyes
And once were forgiven
The mind explodes in waves of terror
Burn my eyes, tear at the skin
The crawling beneath will begin
Side by side
Pounding the heretic drums as we rise or we fall
And all these scars
The nightmare it calls
The fear and betrayal begin
We've come so far
The shit we ingest
With a mouthful of spit and protest
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
The black candle fades
Go disappear, lost and forever broken
Shattered like glass
The scars and the sex
The lies and the fables we tell
And all we are
This fate is your choice
Regrets that you'll take to the grave
These threads of silk
That held this together
Rotting and curdled as milk
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
We sail into the black
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To me the "black" is your own depression. That is we spend a life "fighting" this and that, all of which is a fight to escape from the "blackness" (what makes us unhappy etc.)
In other words life is hard, and we need to keep going (sailing) even if it is dark!
Love the manner and tone that "we sail into the black" is sung!