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.
I need His hands to come dig in my dirt
I need the person I need the work
I need a love that bears all I deserve
And leaves me redeemed
All my transgressions all of my griefs
All my rebellion and vain disbelief
Sin like a wanted sign nailed to a tree
And blood that makes peace
Blood that makes peace
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
I need His peace I need His sword
I need to breathe in the breathed out word
I need the rescue, and I need the search
To find what was lost
I need a voice that calls out to His own
Oh weary sinner, won't you come home
Come find forgiven the crime you have done
Down at the cross...down at the cross
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
I need the person I need the work
I need a love that bears all I deserve
And leaves me redeemed
All my transgressions all of my griefs
All my rebellion and vain disbelief
Sin like a wanted sign nailed to a tree
And blood that makes peace
Blood that makes peace
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
I need His peace I need His sword
I need to breathe in the breathed out word
I need the rescue, and I need the search
To find what was lost
I need a voice that calls out to His own
Oh weary sinner, won't you come home
Come find forgiven the crime you have done
Down at the cross...down at the cross
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
I need a hand, mighty to save
To do what I can't, to war with the grave
To be what I'm not
And change what I am
True Son of God, true Son of Man
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