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.
Heartbreak incarnate
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be those common words spoken uniquely
Because I may... will forever be floating as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Heartbreak incarnate
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be that waking warmth from a fading dream
Because I will... I may at best, float as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be those common words spoken uniquely
Because I may... will forever be floating as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Heartbreak incarnate
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be that waking warmth from a fading dream
Because I will... I may at best, float as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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these are not the real lyrics
the real ones can be found at the bands official message boards at afireinside.net
he says your joy and your pain
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the first line is
heartbreak, incarnate I'm nothing if not your memories
plz someone correct these lyrics..
Dude, I would kill someone if Davey ever wrote the lyric "please let me understand I'm your pillow".
Here are the real lyrics:
Heartbreak incarnate I'm nothing if not your memories Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be those common words spoken uniquely Because I may... will forever be floating as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory (Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Heartbreak incarnate I'm nothing if not your memories Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be that waking warmth from a fading dream Because I will... I may at best, float as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory (Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory (Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words echoing comfort Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort, comfort) Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
Let me be all the words echoing comfort Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort) Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
holy shit! thank you for correcting those lyrics. i love this song <3
LOL, It really will be a frosty day in hell when Davey writes "Please let me understand I'm your pillow". I keept hearing people sing that and all I could do was shake my head and try not to laugh too hard. Anyway, thanx for correcting the lyrics!
LOL, It really will be a frosty day in hell when Davey writes "Please let me understand I'm your pillow". I keept hearing people sing that and all I could do was shake my head and try not to laugh too hard. Anyway, thanx for correcting the lyrics!