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.
It was the perfect night
Then you had to go and ruin it with a kiss now
I'm trapped inside here
The innocence we held once so carelessly has been suffocated in this breathless moment
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
With arms raised to the stars begging them to listen
With legs littered with scars cut from these olive branches
Now, point of return now crossed and our hands left shaking
Tonight we give in to temptation
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
Someone stop my mind from screaming
It's so loud I can't hear myself think
Life, death, religion, survival
It makes no sense
Don't try to tell me that I'm a coincidence
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
If I never have you, then I can never lose you
Now, everything here is a lie
Where is the truth?
Where is the fucking truth?
Then you had to go and ruin it with a kiss now
I'm trapped inside here
The innocence we held once so carelessly has been suffocated in this breathless moment
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
With arms raised to the stars begging them to listen
With legs littered with scars cut from these olive branches
Now, point of return now crossed and our hands left shaking
Tonight we give in to temptation
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
Someone stop my mind from screaming
It's so loud I can't hear myself think
Life, death, religion, survival
It makes no sense
Don't try to tell me that I'm a coincidence
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you
If I never have you, then I can never lose you
Now, everything here is a lie
Where is the truth?
Where is the fucking truth?
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28, edited by jesuskalle, Ignoreland
Gethsemane [Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Mcilrath Barnes
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I have never heard this song, but i love the lyrics. I think this song is talking about being betrayed. The song is called gethsamane, i think relating to Jesus, and at the beginning it says you had to betray with a kiss, relating to Judas. it also talks about scars cut from oliv branches. But all of that is a metaphor, i think it is talking about someone feeling like they are being betrayed just as bad. I really love the sentence " The innocence we once held has been suffocated in this breathless moment"