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 were travellers, so blind
Went to where the world did end
Read of deaths in waves and out
So this is when we walked away
And the sadness I suppose
Gonna hold me to the ground
Where I'm forced to find the still
In a place you won't be 'round
Was I ever part of knowing
With your hands in mine
Little screams into the wonder
And a wild set of rides
Come on, come on
And so here I go again
Say I want my freedom sure
But it's like end of all the dreams
Like in my life I needed more
And this madness I suppose
Gonna haunt me with the line
That I could drink until I sleep
Through all scarier times
Was I ever part of knowing
With your hands in mine
Little screams into the wonder
And a wild set of rides
Come on, come on
Now was I ever going to be more than these savages in me
As they will sing into silence, just to silence tears
Now what is left in here?
It's not the sting of cities flickering in life no
It's not me knowing there's a deeper in the dust no
It's not the reasoning with shadows that are gone no
It's not me knowing I'm yet to see fire
It's just all this fucking doubt
Come on, come on
And this silence I suppose
Gonna hold me to the ground
Where I'm forced to find the still
In a place you won't be 'round
Went to where the world did end
Read of deaths in waves and out
So this is when we walked away
And the sadness I suppose
Gonna hold me to the ground
Where I'm forced to find the still
In a place you won't be 'round
Was I ever part of knowing
With your hands in mine
Little screams into the wonder
And a wild set of rides
Come on, come on
And so here I go again
Say I want my freedom sure
But it's like end of all the dreams
Like in my life I needed more
And this madness I suppose
Gonna haunt me with the line
That I could drink until I sleep
Through all scarier times
Was I ever part of knowing
With your hands in mine
Little screams into the wonder
And a wild set of rides
Come on, come on
Now was I ever going to be more than these savages in me
As they will sing into silence, just to silence tears
Now what is left in here?
It's not the sting of cities flickering in life no
It's not me knowing there's a deeper in the dust no
It's not the reasoning with shadows that are gone no
It's not me knowing I'm yet to see fire
It's just all this fucking doubt
Come on, come on
And this silence I suppose
Gonna hold me to the ground
Where I'm forced to find the still
In a place you won't be 'round
Lyrics submitted by Eskimoplans, edited by pyramidlake, DarkBirdIsHome
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First of all this is an awesome tune! On my all time best list. I love the ethereal feel. I like to think it could be about a Christian Crusader or Viking setting out to sea having just ended a relationship (not uncommon behavior in those days/sometimes it was demanded of the missionary to totally devote oneself to God and leave behind all personal relations in order to focus on the mission). The sadness one might feel after his gutwrenching decision. Choosing to be a part of a greater movement in expanding his faith to other parts of the globe (or for the Viking, going to war in order to earn a living which comes natural to him, a man with barbarian blood running through his veins). Sagres Point is a southwestern Portuguese remote promontory with a Castle on it and many menhirs (Stonehenge-like rocks/religious symbols) that has been used for religious purposes since neolithic times. It can be very difficult to reach, due to wind swept waves leading to many shipwrecks (experienced captains would wait on the lee side until the winds were calm before going around the point and out to sea). The singer, Kristian Matsson (Swedish), most likely is a history buff of his own peoples and drew some parallells between a man giving up and leaving behind something in order to answer to his preternatural being to be free, not tied down, and the consequences (regret, doubt, loneliness) he feels on his long and sometimes treacherous journeys at sea and in life. In summary: a loosely drawn parallel of a relationship he destroyed due to his wanderlust and the consequences of his nature. His feelings that it may be in his viking nature to be a Rolling Stone and his hope to maybe change this fact. Who knows?.