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.
Devy in the corner of his teen year
Born to run away
Children in the middle with the village idiot
So he never made the potty grade
Now maybe he pulled a little closer
Cold in a mousy way
Boom boom as they came a little closer
Put a bolt in the curse today
Now Devy has to eat it in his own way
Broke in a dirty way
Boom boom is the beating that I hear in the night
But no one hears, so no one knows and no one fucks with me
Devy wants a word with the master
I got no need to run away
Down on the road isn't easy
But I never would back away
Boom boom in the morning with the night sounds
No way to run away
Boom boom as the boredom of monogamy
Hits one more time...
No one must know...
No one must know...
No one must know...
No one must know this machine...
Devy got a taste of some black shit
Born in another way
And it probably would have been easy
But it never worked out that way
Boom boom in the corner with the well-soiled
Bound to amalgamate
Boom boom as it kills the inhibitions
...no more games
No one must know...
Born to run away
Children in the middle with the village idiot
So he never made the potty grade
Now maybe he pulled a little closer
Cold in a mousy way
Boom boom as they came a little closer
Put a bolt in the curse today
Now Devy has to eat it in his own way
Broke in a dirty way
Boom boom is the beating that I hear in the night
But no one hears, so no one knows and no one fucks with me
Devy wants a word with the master
I got no need to run away
Down on the road isn't easy
But I never would back away
Boom boom in the morning with the night sounds
No way to run away
Boom boom as the boredom of monogamy
Hits one more time...
No one must know...
No one must know...
No one must know...
No one must know this machine...
Devy got a taste of some black shit
Born in another way
And it probably would have been easy
But it never worked out that way
Boom boom in the corner with the well-soiled
Bound to amalgamate
Boom boom as it kills the inhibitions
...no more games
No one must know...
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I think that the 'boom boom' is the childish reference to sex, which seems out there until you factor in the 'night sounds', 'the boredom of monogomy', the 'well soiled', the 'bound to amalgamate', it seems like it could be a sexually related thing. Not to way overstep the lyrical content, but it could have been an affair, a partner cheating, or any number of things. The 'no one fucks with me' and 'no one must know' shift exact meanings under each scenario.
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@saintandcynic Devin spoke in his podcast about this being a song about his experiences of getting sexually abused as a child so yeah, "boom boom" probably means that and it gives pretty dark undertones to those "no one fucks with me" and "no one must know" screams.
@saintandcynic Devin spoke in his podcast about this being a song about his experiences of getting sexually abused as a child so yeah, "boom boom" probably means that and it gives pretty dark undertones to those "no one fucks with me" and "no one must know" screams.