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.
It's a matter of prescience
No, not the science fiction kind
It's all about ignorance
and greed and miracles for the blind
The media parading
Disjointed politics
Founded on petrochemical plunder
And we're its hostages
If you stand to reason
You're in the game
The rules may be elusive
But all pieces are the same
And you know if one goes down
We all go down as well
The balance is precarious
As anyone can tell
This world's going to Hell
Don't allow
This mythological hopeful monster to exact its price
Kyoto now
We can't do nothing and think someone else will make it right
You might not think it matters now
But what if you were wrong?
You might not think there's any wisdom
In a fucked up punk rock song
But the way it is
Can not persist for long
A brutal sun is rising
On a sick horizon
It's in the way
We live our lives
Exactly like the double edge
Of a cold familiar knife
And supremacy
Weighs heavy on the day
It's never really what you own
But what you threw away
And how much did you pay
Don't allow
This mythological hopeful monster to exact its price
Kyoto now
We can't do nothing and think that someone else will make it right
In your dream
You saw a steady state of bounty for eternity
Silent scream
But now the wisdom that sustains us is in full retreat
Watch out
Don't allow
This mythological hopeful monster isn't worth the risk
Kyoto now
We can't have vision for the future if it can't be fixed
Alien
We need a fresh and new religion to run our lives
Hand in hand
The arid torpor of inaction will be our demise
Oh
Kyoto no
No, not the science fiction kind
It's all about ignorance
and greed and miracles for the blind
The media parading
Disjointed politics
Founded on petrochemical plunder
And we're its hostages
If you stand to reason
You're in the game
The rules may be elusive
But all pieces are the same
And you know if one goes down
We all go down as well
The balance is precarious
As anyone can tell
This world's going to Hell
Don't allow
This mythological hopeful monster to exact its price
Kyoto now
We can't do nothing and think someone else will make it right
You might not think it matters now
But what if you were wrong?
You might not think there's any wisdom
In a fucked up punk rock song
But the way it is
Can not persist for long
A brutal sun is rising
On a sick horizon
It's in the way
We live our lives
Exactly like the double edge
Of a cold familiar knife
And supremacy
Weighs heavy on the day
It's never really what you own
But what you threw away
And how much did you pay
Don't allow
This mythological hopeful monster to exact its price
Kyoto now
We can't do nothing and think that someone else will make it right
In your dream
You saw a steady state of bounty for eternity
Silent scream
But now the wisdom that sustains us is in full retreat
Watch out
Don't allow
This mythological hopeful monster isn't worth the risk
Kyoto now
We can't have vision for the future if it can't be fixed
Alien
We need a fresh and new religion to run our lives
Hand in hand
The arid torpor of inaction will be our demise
Oh
Kyoto no
Lyrics submitted by Flyingtreemonkey
Kyoto Now Lyrics as written by Brett Gurewitz Greg Graffin
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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