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.
John the Baptizer
By the Jordan brook
Up comes this brood of vipers
Just to take a look
John says, "There's a comin' of glory
There's a comin' of wrath,
Some mighty things are comin'
Comin' to pass"
Peter was a-preachin'
At the Pentecost
Says you must turn around
And you must be washed
'Cause there's a comin of glory,
There's a comin' of wrath,
There's some mighty things a-comin' to pass
Comin' to pass
Lord God Almighty
Came as a preacher man
Fastin' down in the wilderness
Quotin' Deuteronomy to the Devil
And then He set His face like a flint
Toward Jerusalem
Well they tried to silence Stephen
With the sticks and stones
But his voice is still ringin'
You can hear it in a gospel song
Singin' there's a comin' of glory,
And there's a comin' of wrath,
There's some mighty things comin'
Lord they're comin' to pass
There's a comin of glory,
There's a comin' of wrath,
There's some mighty things comin'
Comin' to pass
By the Jordan brook
Up comes this brood of vipers
Just to take a look
John says, "There's a comin' of glory
There's a comin' of wrath,
Some mighty things are comin'
Comin' to pass"
Peter was a-preachin'
At the Pentecost
Says you must turn around
And you must be washed
'Cause there's a comin of glory,
There's a comin' of wrath,
There's some mighty things a-comin' to pass
Comin' to pass
Lord God Almighty
Came as a preacher man
Fastin' down in the wilderness
Quotin' Deuteronomy to the Devil
And then He set His face like a flint
Toward Jerusalem
Well they tried to silence Stephen
With the sticks and stones
But his voice is still ringin'
You can hear it in a gospel song
Singin' there's a comin' of glory,
And there's a comin' of wrath,
There's some mighty things comin'
Lord they're comin' to pass
There's a comin of glory,
There's a comin' of wrath,
There's some mighty things comin'
Comin' to pass
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