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 walked the line
living in a state of mind controlled by a tyrant
Mistakes burn
Never did he learn to back off and spit that shit
I’m that motherfucker picking in your old brain and stealing sleep
Take the dive or keep it alive?
Now it’s on you
Your tower is falling down into a black hole
Take it away, take it away now
The agony is crumbling over your soul
Take it away, take it away now
I’d like to take the prize of your high
And jam it deep down your throat
They’re calling for the stage to take their breath away
You were the barricading man
They’re calling for the stage to give everything away
You were the barricading man
Your tower is falling down into a black hole
Take it away, take it away now
The agony is crumbling over your soul
Take it away, take it away now
Lost in the violent throes of this separation
(Done waiting)
(Done waiting)
(Done waiting)
(Done waiting)
Done waiting on pleasant times
Never arrived
Done waiting on pleasant times
They never arrived
Lost in the violent throes of this separation
Know what you’re waiting for?
Watch them burn your home
I felt insane, but it’s finally come home to me…
My dear brain
(Hate)
Feel hate
Let go of all your fear
Tower's falling down into the black hole
You were the barricading man
Your tower's falling down into black hole
You were the barricading man
They’re calling for the stage to take their breath away
You were the barricading man
They’re calling for the stage to give everything away
You were the barricading man
(Show us the way)
Your tower's falling down into the hole
(Show us the way)
The agony is pouring over your damned soul
(Show us the way)
Was there a way to be a better man and stay?
(Show us the way)
Was there a way?
We’ll never know
(Show us the way)
Come on, come on, will you show the way?
(Show us the way)
Show us the way
(Show us the way)
Was there a way to be a better man and stay?
(Show us the way)
Was there a way?
We’ll never know
living in a state of mind controlled by a tyrant
Mistakes burn
Never did he learn to back off and spit that shit
I’m that motherfucker picking in your old brain and stealing sleep
Take the dive or keep it alive?
Now it’s on you
Your tower is falling down into a black hole
Take it away, take it away now
The agony is crumbling over your soul
Take it away, take it away now
I’d like to take the prize of your high
And jam it deep down your throat
They’re calling for the stage to take their breath away
You were the barricading man
They’re calling for the stage to give everything away
You were the barricading man
Your tower is falling down into a black hole
Take it away, take it away now
The agony is crumbling over your soul
Take it away, take it away now
Lost in the violent throes of this separation
(Done waiting)
(Done waiting)
(Done waiting)
(Done waiting)
Done waiting on pleasant times
Never arrived
Done waiting on pleasant times
They never arrived
Lost in the violent throes of this separation
Know what you’re waiting for?
Watch them burn your home
I felt insane, but it’s finally come home to me…
My dear brain
(Hate)
Feel hate
Let go of all your fear
Tower's falling down into the black hole
You were the barricading man
Your tower's falling down into black hole
You were the barricading man
They’re calling for the stage to take their breath away
You were the barricading man
They’re calling for the stage to give everything away
You were the barricading man
(Show us the way)
Your tower's falling down into the hole
(Show us the way)
The agony is pouring over your damned soul
(Show us the way)
Was there a way to be a better man and stay?
(Show us the way)
Was there a way?
We’ll never know
(Show us the way)
Come on, come on, will you show the way?
(Show us the way)
Show us the way
(Show us the way)
Was there a way to be a better man and stay?
(Show us the way)
Was there a way?
We’ll never know
Lyrics submitted by Megalodon721
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