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.
My vital signs are showing
I've become too dependant
I've got this balance growing
Between my guilt and acceptance
I wish I was eternal
So I could speak these words forever
Maybe we can reconcile
Your differences
You keep too many secrets
You've concealed lies with skin
You've got too many problems
I cant sort them out
It could have been much different
You always were too much
My words fall unheard
How reckless I am
Waste my time again
Cut with words again
Bleeding out dishonest
Lied to me again
This ignorance is rampant
But cleanses me just the same
Bonds once so tight now dissolved
Now tragedy smothers us
Uncover virtue dead
You've left it rusting so long
I'll take this fading
You wont see me here any longer
This distance means nothing
Just a temporary situation
Soon enough I'll be there
Rushing to fullfill you
No
Thats
Not
Me
Waste my time again
Cut with words again
Bleeding out dishonest
Lied to me again
Motherfucking what you see
Is not what you get
Suffocate in silence, so upset
Cant you see through the tears that flow from your eyes
This blinding flood of pain will wash away your lies
And the you'll see (so clear)
What you've always missed
A secrect unlocked, the truth that I insist
And its all fucked now
Because of what you said
Maybe I'll rise and you'll succumb instead
Sink down, Im inside you
Down, Im inside you
Down, I divide you
Down, I heal myself alone
Down (x4)
Down
I've become too dependant
I've got this balance growing
Between my guilt and acceptance
I wish I was eternal
So I could speak these words forever
Maybe we can reconcile
Your differences
You keep too many secrets
You've concealed lies with skin
You've got too many problems
I cant sort them out
It could have been much different
You always were too much
My words fall unheard
How reckless I am
Waste my time again
Cut with words again
Bleeding out dishonest
Lied to me again
This ignorance is rampant
But cleanses me just the same
Bonds once so tight now dissolved
Now tragedy smothers us
Uncover virtue dead
You've left it rusting so long
I'll take this fading
You wont see me here any longer
This distance means nothing
Just a temporary situation
Soon enough I'll be there
Rushing to fullfill you
No
Thats
Not
Me
Waste my time again
Cut with words again
Bleeding out dishonest
Lied to me again
Motherfucking what you see
Is not what you get
Suffocate in silence, so upset
Cant you see through the tears that flow from your eyes
This blinding flood of pain will wash away your lies
And the you'll see (so clear)
What you've always missed
A secrect unlocked, the truth that I insist
And its all fucked now
Because of what you said
Maybe I'll rise and you'll succumb instead
Sink down, Im inside you
Down, Im inside you
Down, I divide you
Down, I heal myself alone
Down (x4)
Down
Lyrics submitted by Curll
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