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.
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
I built a wall
It stretched one thousand miles
Set it off
(Massacre)
It's holding up the roof
Breast feed your heart
Set it off
I saw a distant port
With no water to support
Burning the bridge between
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
Never content nor satisfied
Tensions of self
The massacre changed history
Borderline paranoia
Yelling at their own rights
Set it off
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
Though half of me is gone
The lonesome heart is there
I cannot find the other half
I cannot find the other half
I cannot find the other half
I cannot find the other half
Does anybody feel like I do
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
I built a wall
It stretched one thousand miles
Set it off
(Massacre)
It's holding up the roof
Breast feed your heart
Set it off
I saw a distant port
With no water to support
Burning the bridge between
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
Never content nor satisfied
Tensions of self
The massacre changed history
Borderline paranoia
Yelling at their own rights
Set it off
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like I do
Though half of me is gone
The lonesome heart is there
I cannot find the other half
I cannot find the other half
I cannot find the other half
I cannot find the other half
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Dregd's mastery of poetry skills and muscial accompaniment makes this the best damned song ever ^_^!!!, btw, if anyone is interested, i think that the opening is in japanese :).
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segment of someone talking in Japanese. When translated to English, here is
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"this album is a dream which is created by a flying bee around a pomegranate
just before waking up, based on the title of an old painting. I recommend
you to listen to el cielo as you look at the painting. It is some kind of
situation that can cause hallucination, in other words, it means that
painting is a music. "
If you read the album booklet with all the letters pertaining to Sleep
Paralysis, you can look at the painting,
dali.karelia.ru/images/works/1944_03.jpg
and see that the album goes along with the painting. Also, the first track
on the CD, "Brushstroke: dcbtfoabaaposba"
The actual title of the painting is
"One Second Before Awakening from a Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee
Around a Pomegranate"
If you change the "One Second Before Awakening" to the end, and take the
first letter of each word, you get "dcbtfoabaaposba"
this song is damn great!...
This song makes me die
agreed
On the last track of the album, "The Canyon Behind Her" there is a small segment of someone talking in Japanese. When translated to English, here is what it means: "this album is a dream which is created by a flying bee around a pomegranate just before waking up, based on the title of an old painting. I recommend you to listen to el cielo as you look at the painting. It is some kind of situation that can cause hallucination, in other words, it means that painting is a music. "
If you read the album booklet with all the letters pertaining to Sleep Paralysis, you can look at the painting, dali.karelia.ru/images/works/1944_03.jpg and see that the album goes along with the painting. Also, the first track on the CD, "Brushstroke: dcbtfoabaaposba" The actual title of the painting is "One Second Before Awakening from a Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate" If you change the "One Second Before Awakening" to the end, and take the first letter of each word, you get "dcbtfoabaaposba"
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dredg is the most spiritual band out there
i believe this song is about the end of a relationship and the start of a new one. i know that sounds really corny, but i think there is some evidence of it. one of the theories behind "el cielo" to me is that there is a circle of relationships that can relate to the circle of life. the juxtaposition of "sorry but it's over" talking about the end of a relationship and "convalescent" talking about dying affirms this. this song represents the death of a relationship, but is optimistic about the beginning of a new one. "though half of me is gone, the lonesome part is left. i cannot find the other half"... after that, it sounds as if the band dropped all their instruments all of the sudden, representing death. all that's left are beautiful angelic voices, bringing the dead body up to "the sky", to prepare the start of anew, a new relationship, but shown by dredg as a new life.
absolutely awesome theories. kick ass!