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.
I saw you burn down every bridge. Turn your back on everything, leave all illusions behind. Leave the chains of childhood in the past. Destroying the ideas the imprison the mind. Burning Bridges never to indulge in self-deceit again. Who's kidding who when you're lying to yourself? Having fun burning bridges never to look back on the past that made you what you are.
Keep your protest in your songs. Never voicing any real disgust, just charming antics of anger. The feeling's lost inside your vain big-headed dreams of grandeur. You're still stuck on trying to save the world. Politics without rhetoric, seeing clearly for just one moment, forgetting about the consequence. Burning Bridges never to indulge in self-deceit again. Who's kidding who when you're lying to yourself? Having fun burning bridges never to look back on the past that made you what you are.
Keep your protest in your songs. Never voicing any real disgust, just charming antics of anger. The feeling's lost inside your vain big-headed dreams of grandeur. You're still stuck on trying to save the world. Politics without rhetoric, seeing clearly for just one moment, forgetting about the consequence. Burning Bridges never to indulge in self-deceit again. Who's kidding who when you're lying to yourself? Having fun burning bridges never to look back on the past that made you what you are.
Lyrics submitted by b-pot
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vivada vis!
we're here to ruin your fun
i dont know where you got that first paragraph?
but anyway i think this song is about how some artists sing about politics and how bad the war is and stuff, but they themselves do not know what is happening around the world, and they are singing empty songs that have no real meaning
i dont know, if im wrong, im open for discussion =D
Does anyone know if its possible to get vivada vis! online,( or anyother format)
ok, so i have trouble discerning sarcasm in music, but i think its about growing up. trying to make the difference between what your trying to do and what you do.the naivety of youth thinking theres still truth and morals and having the line drawn in the sand. shifting to hating the fact that there isnt. but if it wasnt for that bullshit, you wouldnt have drawn that line. either way, you have to convince yourself that your legit and better than them by burning bridges and bein all pro about shit that you really arent too compelled by.
like i said, i dont know if this for or against. like, self doubt, or talkin shit.
"Burning Bridges never to indulge in self-deceit again. Who's kidding who when you're lying to yourself? Having fun burning bridges never to look back on the past that made you what you are."
Very telling..