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.
This is how it begins
Push it away but it all comes back again
All the flesh, all the sin
There was a time when it used to mean just about everything
Just like now
Just like now
Breathe, echoing the sound (echoing the sound)
Time starts slowing down (time starts slowing down)
Sink until I drown (sink until)
Please, I don't ever want to make it stop
And it keeps repeating
Will you please complete me?
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Watch the white turn to red
It fills up the hole but it grows somewhere else instead
All my life yeah yeah yeah yeah, but it just left me dead
The world is over and I realize it was all in my head
Now everything is clear (everything is clear)
I erase the fear (I erase the fear)
I can disappear (I can disappear)
Please, I don't ever want to make it stop
You can never leave me
Will you please complete me
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Push it away but it all comes back again
All the flesh, all the sin
There was a time when it used to mean just about everything
Just like now
Just like now
Breathe, echoing the sound (echoing the sound)
Time starts slowing down (time starts slowing down)
Sink until I drown (sink until)
Please, I don't ever want to make it stop
And it keeps repeating
Will you please complete me?
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Watch the white turn to red
It fills up the hole but it grows somewhere else instead
All my life yeah yeah yeah yeah, but it just left me dead
The world is over and I realize it was all in my head
Now everything is clear (everything is clear)
I erase the fear (I erase the fear)
I can disappear (I can disappear)
Please, I don't ever want to make it stop
You can never leave me
Will you please complete me
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Never be enough
To fill me up
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
Please Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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