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 wish that I could say I am a perfect man
One day I decided I would think on this,
I wish sometimes that I would not be who I am
not knowing if faith and pain could co-exist:
Could I ever on my own conceive
Of someone I did not know, but I need?
I must be made to be at peace and communion
'cause there must be some place somehow from where I have fallen
Chorus
I find through every ounce of pain I feel
That my mind cannot deny that God is real
Leaves me in conclusion that I know the way
the inconsistency of what I say I should be
Compared to what I am in actuallity
Though I am unable to always obey
my soul's hunger for a deeper life
Nothing in this world has satisfied
The weight of my misdeeds were crushing, blinding me
I still live with pain inside but now I see
- Solo -
- Chorus -
The peices of my life are scattered on the floor
I stared at them till I could take no more
I do not deserve to be set free
Forgiveness is what I despereately need
If it wasn't for the perfect blood was shed
Would I not be dead inside but I live instead
- Chorus (2x) -
believe through all my tearsi know my faith's still here
One day I decided I would think on this,
I wish sometimes that I would not be who I am
not knowing if faith and pain could co-exist:
Could I ever on my own conceive
Of someone I did not know, but I need?
I must be made to be at peace and communion
'cause there must be some place somehow from where I have fallen
Chorus
I find through every ounce of pain I feel
That my mind cannot deny that God is real
Leaves me in conclusion that I know the way
the inconsistency of what I say I should be
Compared to what I am in actuallity
Though I am unable to always obey
my soul's hunger for a deeper life
Nothing in this world has satisfied
The weight of my misdeeds were crushing, blinding me
I still live with pain inside but now I see
- Solo -
- Chorus -
The peices of my life are scattered on the floor
I stared at them till I could take no more
I do not deserve to be set free
Forgiveness is what I despereately need
If it wasn't for the perfect blood was shed
Would I not be dead inside but I live instead
- Chorus (2x) -
believe through all my tearsi know my faith's still here
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