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.
Dire civilization getting high of misery
Lives wasted away flipping though the channels on TV
We're taking our time
And throwing it away
Tomorr'ws killed by yesterday
Intimidation replacing unity
Blank generation, community
More factories are going up
More people are falling down
It's up to us to turn it around
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
We're rolling down hill and gaining speed
Snowballing all the way killing everything we see
We're taught when we're young,
Don't bite the hand that feeds
But it covers our ears and shades all we see
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
Living in a world made for one
Lock the door
Pull the shades
Kill the sun
Failures all that I can get right
An empty hand and a bloody knife
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
Lives wasted away flipping though the channels on TV
We're taking our time
And throwing it away
Tomorr'ws killed by yesterday
Intimidation replacing unity
Blank generation, community
More factories are going up
More people are falling down
It's up to us to turn it around
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
We're rolling down hill and gaining speed
Snowballing all the way killing everything we see
We're taught when we're young,
Don't bite the hand that feeds
But it covers our ears and shades all we see
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
Living in a world made for one
Lock the door
Pull the shades
Kill the sun
Failures all that I can get right
An empty hand and a bloody knife
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
Lyrics submitted by iwannabeinjfc
Turn It Around Lyrics as written by Maxine Sands Mark Kevin Davis
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This is a extremly sad song (its hard to tell cause ive never seen anyone who can sing with it im a little too young to have ever seen Nick sing it and I only saw Link 80 once before the changed into some other band)
...as far as i know link 80 are still link 80, i saw them earlier this year at The Pitz
um you guys, link 80 hasent been together since 2001. 5/6 of them are in a rockin' band called Desa( i posted some lyrics of them on here) , so sorry MKPunk, you're mistakein. Steve from Link 80 is in a band called Rx Bandits you've most likely heard about.
um you guys, link 80 hasent been together since 2001. 5/6 of them are in a rockin' band called Desa( i posted some lyrics of them on here) , so sorry MKPunk, you're mistakein. Steve from Link 80 is in a band called Rx Bandits you've most likely heard about.
um you guys, link 80 hasent been together since 2001. 5/6 of them are in a rockin' band called Desa( i posted some lyrics of them on here) , so sorry MKPunk, you're mistakein. Steve from Link 80 is in a band called Rx Bandits you've most likely heard about.
did any of you guys know that the old guitarist, matt, sang this song? nick does some backing vocals on it.