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.
And here we go again,
We've taken it to the end,
With every waking moment,
We face this silent torment
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
Darkness is all I want to see
I could never put in to words
What it is you mean to me
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
Love you, love you, love you
The candle is burning low
At the window to my soul
The reaper is at my door now
He's come to take me home
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I, I'd sacrifice
We've taken it to the end,
With every waking moment,
We face this silent torment
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
Darkness is all I want to see
I could never put in to words
What it is you mean to me
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
Love you, love you, love you
The candle is burning low
At the window to my soul
The reaper is at my door now
He's come to take me home
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
I, I'd sacrifice
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ummm..... dunno, but its a great song
one of my fave LAM songs.....love it.
one of my fave LAM songs.....love it.
yeah,mine too.
gotta love LAMs music. just like they say, there is absalutly no lable for them. you really cant catigorize pure awsomeness (well, I just did in a sense). this song is most defidently one of their best.
this, like the majority of their songs, is a love song.
I think it's about how him and the person he's in love with have reached the end of their relationship. They've torn eachother to shreds and there's nothing left of either of them to give anymore. So, now he's at a point of wanting to end his life. Not in a selfish way though, he means to sacrifice himself to his lover as a final token of his love for her.
honestly, most of their songs are so overly dramatic they seem cheesy, but despite that, I really like this one, and I think it is one of their deeper ones.
Love. He loves someone. He loves them to the end. And possibly they dont love him. But would show his love by killing himself, just to make them happy.
The song, as Sean has stated in interviews, is about a relationship that has no future- it's not about abuse or anything else overtly negative. Just a relationship that will never happen, though the feelings are there.
And AKitty0543, you clearly have very little exposure to LAM's music if you think they are all love songs. Jesus, why do people like you comment when you know nothing about the subject?