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.
Brought down to my knees
By all I couldn't foresee
A fading flame
Dying at the end of the day
I'm starting to sing
Of what could have been
It wasn't supposed to end this way
All we take for granted
All the absence of fear
Fading fast wearing out our lives
There won't be another chance
We've given everything
Not enough this time
There's no reason to pretend
No happy end
Now we're hanging by a thread
Believing that the cycle never ends
Grieving in regret
Look up to the sky
This time I can't deny
I can't pretend
This is not a certain end
And so we sing
Of fate, how it should have been
We're going down with our head held high
Yeah!
I know that our time has come
For the other side
We're going down
But we'll perish in style
Fading fast wearing out our lives
There won't be another chance
We've given everything
Not enough this time
There's no reason to pretend
No happy end
(No happy end)
Fading fast, wearing out our lives
There won't be another chance
(Fading fast)
We've given everything
Not enough this time
There's no reason to pretend
No happy end
We're fading fast
We've come a long way
And I won't pretend
A happy end
By all I couldn't foresee
A fading flame
Dying at the end of the day
I'm starting to sing
Of what could have been
It wasn't supposed to end this way
All we take for granted
All the absence of fear
Fading fast wearing out our lives
There won't be another chance
We've given everything
Not enough this time
There's no reason to pretend
No happy end
Now we're hanging by a thread
Believing that the cycle never ends
Grieving in regret
Look up to the sky
This time I can't deny
I can't pretend
This is not a certain end
And so we sing
Of fate, how it should have been
We're going down with our head held high
Yeah!
I know that our time has come
For the other side
We're going down
But we'll perish in style
Fading fast wearing out our lives
There won't be another chance
We've given everything
Not enough this time
There's no reason to pretend
No happy end
(No happy end)
Fading fast, wearing out our lives
There won't be another chance
(Fading fast)
We've given everything
Not enough this time
There's no reason to pretend
No happy end
We're fading fast
We've come a long way
And I won't pretend
A happy end
Lyrics submitted by AdamArtz
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