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.
When summer's gone Play my Angel
Winterwinds
They might lead you far away
Beyond the pale horizon
A graven silence over dreams
To my heart yet not remain
Oh, please, believe me
it's in her eyes
It is inside [background/VIBEKE]
It's in my heart
The same pollution(??) from which I was left betrayed
Oh, please, believe me
It's it's in her eyes
It is inside
It's in my heart
The same delight who blames I was(?) left to read
Angellore...revered at dusk
For thee I rose
Now descend... all alone
Rise for me... soothe my heart
So wide a sea May I overcome...
[Spoken] It's in the night
There's an Angel
So lost and tearful eyes in flame(?)
It's in the night There's an Angel
So lost and tearful eyes in flame(?)
Lo! Where's pale horizon
Oh, where is dyin...ness he reach
Oblivion so wide to it....
Oh, please, believe me
It's it's in her eyes
It is inside [background/VIBEKE]
It's in my heart
The same desire I feel burning in me
Oh, please, believe me
It's it's in her eyes
It is inside [background/VIBEKE]
It's in my heart
The same desire upon the end(?)/hand(?)/play(?) within /(begin)(?)
Deep is the sea Where the secrecies are buried in
For a dream I once desired
I preveal(?), my soughfull heart(?) regrets thee
Cannot cross so wide a sea
Angellore...
revered at dusk
for thee I rose now descend... all alone
Rise for me... soothe my heart
so wide a sea may I overcome...
Winterwinds
They might lead you far away
Beyond the pale horizon
A graven silence over dreams
To my heart yet not remain
Oh, please, believe me
it's in her eyes
It is inside [background/VIBEKE]
It's in my heart
The same pollution(??) from which I was left betrayed
Oh, please, believe me
It's it's in her eyes
It is inside
It's in my heart
The same delight who blames I was(?) left to read
Angellore...revered at dusk
For thee I rose
Now descend... all alone
Rise for me... soothe my heart
So wide a sea May I overcome...
[Spoken] It's in the night
There's an Angel
So lost and tearful eyes in flame(?)
It's in the night There's an Angel
So lost and tearful eyes in flame(?)
Lo! Where's pale horizon
Oh, where is dyin...ness he reach
Oblivion so wide to it....
Oh, please, believe me
It's it's in her eyes
It is inside [background/VIBEKE]
It's in my heart
The same desire I feel burning in me
Oh, please, believe me
It's it's in her eyes
It is inside [background/VIBEKE]
It's in my heart
The same desire upon the end(?)/hand(?)/play(?) within /(begin)(?)
Deep is the sea Where the secrecies are buried in
For a dream I once desired
I preveal(?), my soughfull heart(?) regrets thee
Cannot cross so wide a sea
Angellore...
revered at dusk
for thee I rose now descend... all alone
Rise for me... soothe my heart
so wide a sea may I overcome...
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Angellore revered at dusk For thee I rose, now descend all alone Rise for me, soothe my heart So wide a sea, may I overcome
and when she sings: please believe, its inside.
well my guess, he wants the angel to withstand with him in grief and all sorrows, but angel wants him to believe he can do it all alone..just needs to believe in him.