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.
The fire dies on its own, leaving us to ourselves but not exactly alone
I think that something is out there waiting, anticipation has grown
The air as black as can be, can't even see that my hand is in front of me
I'm overhearing a whisper, "They won't escape until the blood is set free"
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
And the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
Now I'm finding my friends, Hanging from trees, made a bed of a barbed wire fence
I'm on the loose with my neck in the noose but hey, I enjoy the intense
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
I think that something is out there waiting, anticipation has grown
The air as black as can be, can't even see that my hand is in front of me
I'm overhearing a whisper, "They won't escape until the blood is set free"
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
And the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
Now I'm finding my friends, Hanging from trees, made a bed of a barbed wire fence
I'm on the loose with my neck in the noose but hey, I enjoy the intense
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
Lyrics submitted by dr_feelgood82
Escape from Hellview Lyrics as written by Deron Miller Chad Ginsburg
Lyrics © TUNECORE INC
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