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 blinds my eyes to see you.
It bleeds my hands to touch your face.
It burns my ears to hear you.
It mutes my tongue to say your name.
Pulling out arrows from my calloused heart
It bleeds my hands to touch your face.
It burns my ears to hear you.
It mutes my tongue to say your name.
Pulling out arrows from my calloused heart
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this song is fucking good. Its got double vocals and an awesome solo
This song is very good. Its so upbeat. The new songs i like alot. The song is so well put out, you can feel the vocals the way they do it, its so awesome.
this is also a good song... of course, anything Zao is great... i love it all... lyrically this song is very good too... i believe it is about love... the verses are poetic ways to describe the pain that Dan feels in association with this person (possibly the infamous Tiffany?)... the chorus and the bridge which isn't in the lyrics ('pull out the arrows from my heart') are symbolic of pulling Cupid's arrows from his heart... Cupid's arrows cause people to be struck with love ... it seems that Dan either regrets loving this person or wishes he never did for some reason or another... pulling Cupid's arrows from his heart represents destroying this love... the title is obviously about killing Cupid, either to stop him from his job, or to get revenge on him for the 'worthless' love Dan has experienced...
Either way, this song is good and i think everyone can relate to this song at one time or another in their life.
yah im pretty sure this one could possibly be about me too. doesnt that make a girl feel good
This is by far my favorite song off their new album. The lyrics almost have a shakespearian twist to them. I love the song.
unfortunately, this is the only song (besides "ballad of buddy bigsby") that I like on the new record. I always liked thier faster stuff, and the solo and double vocals rock. I only wish the rest was as good
buddy bigsby was a techno type song..it was kind of pointless.Zao could have replaced it with a different song. All the songs are awesome, but the balad fo buddy bigsby wasnt necessary....thats my oppinion..
This song makes me think that Dan (or whomever the song is written about/for) fell in love and it wound up biting him in the ass cuz the other person took advantage of it. He's a bitter, bitter man. But then, when it happens to us, aren't we all?
this song is about being in love with an asshole who just hurts you in every way possible, you want to love them more and more but you just en up being hurt. His heart is calloused from all its taken...hes pulling out the arrow, he wants to live, he wants to forget.