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.
We both take the hardest punches
And collect black eyes just to prove it
Still we pass by just like strangers
And we speak just like the closest enemies
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
Somehow my words are rendered useless
Still I pull my lip down to my chest
Just to show you how my jaw is
Tired from waiting to say the things that you should hear (you should hear)
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
After all we're still the same
These empty promises seem to never change
there's a smile on my face and it's 2:55 AM
and this cramp in my wrist puts me back asleep till it all comes around again
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
And collect black eyes just to prove it
Still we pass by just like strangers
And we speak just like the closest enemies
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
Somehow my words are rendered useless
Still I pull my lip down to my chest
Just to show you how my jaw is
Tired from waiting to say the things that you should hear (you should hear)
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
After all we're still the same
These empty promises seem to never change
there's a smile on my face and it's 2:55 AM
and this cramp in my wrist puts me back asleep till it all comes around again
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
WITH A CLOSED FIST!
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can fall into the night unscarred
Woah, in the shadows of our life
We can never let it go this far
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corrections:
somehow my words rendered useless Still I pull my lip down to my chest
and then WITH A CLOSED FIST, not WITH THE CLOSENESS
good song though
Best song off Page Avenue easy.
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this song is fucking awesome. Easily one of my favorites off the album and is the best one they play live. It's fucking great when one of em jump in the audience.
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the second verse is really wrong---correction: Somehow my words are rendered useless Still I'll pull my lip down to my chest Just to show you how my jaw is: Tired of waiting to say the things that you should hear
anyways this song is awesome, love it when they play this live
this song is great
fuckin awesome! :)
The lyrics are wrong. It's, "Somehow my words are rendered useless Still I pull my lip down to my chest Just to show you how my jaw is Tired from waiting to say the things that you should hear" NOT: Somehow my wife, rendered useless Somehow pulled my lip down to my chest
And it's, "WITH A CLOSED FIST" NOT: "WITH THE CLOSENESS"
still my favorite song from SOTY....just awesome