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.
Her life was more than mine,
Like a proud shooting star into the night,
She crashed through the airwaves and ripped like a knife.
It was a bad disease; her searching was over, over.
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Her mind steadfast through time,
Her family stood by trying hard not to cry,
With patience and virtue, kept strong through the night, oh.
She never fell to her knees, her searching was over, over.
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
And then my eyes stretched out,
As I saw her hand slip away
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Like a proud shooting star into the night,
She crashed through the airwaves and ripped like a knife.
It was a bad disease; her searching was over, over.
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Her mind steadfast through time,
Her family stood by trying hard not to cry,
With patience and virtue, kept strong through the night, oh.
She never fell to her knees, her searching was over, over.
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
And then my eyes stretched out,
As I saw her hand slip away
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Hold on to the light that guides you,
Hold on to the air that cools you,
Hold on, hold on to me
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
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this is a great song..........it is soo much diff than all there other stuff if they made more music like this they could b a great band(there stuff rite now is pretty good to)
what do you guys think this song is about? there are a few ideas i have in my head... but i'm not sure.
This song is done perfectly and the lyrics are really heartfelt.
this song is just so amazing. there's no way to describe it, it's something different for tsl to do but it's so well done. they're just such an amazing band.
yeah, like these two people said this song seriosly is just amazing. i listen to it a lot and its just so well put together. mad props for this piece of work.
this was the first song i ever heard by tsl. i loved it so much the first time i heard it! its amazing. and its so sad too.
yah maybe the song lyricsare perfectly done and amazing, but to bad they didnt write the lyrics...
who wrote the lyrics???
This song is about one of their friends dying from a bad diesease, obviously this person was a girl and how she stayed strong and how her family stayed by her ... just read the lyrics and read between the lines. When they sing "Hold on to the light that guides you, hold on to the air that cools you, hold on, hold on to me" that is what the girl is saying ... or atleast this is my opinion ... this song reminds me of something one of my friends wrote when a close friend of ours died ~JRH85/02~
This song is so awesome. You all should listen to Konstantine by Something Corporate if you like it... and oh, by the way, Starting Line wrote the lyrics. Duh...