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.
pray for a new age
pray for information
i can hope, see
even if i don't believe
pray for a new state
pray for communication
i can hope, see
even if i don't believe
and
i believe
i think
i don't know
history will show
our progress is slow
when we win
we win in inches
the future deaf
so the few left
will need a fist
when no one will listen
know where we stand
know we pay the man
it's my flag
it's my flag
know i'm not kneeling
know what i'm feeling
my god above
or total lack of
but
i lack...
i think...
i don't know
my faith is barren
i don't believe the prayer
and it's not a sin
and it's not opinion
know i'm a man
know where i stand
in an affront
to god and country
pray for a new state
pray for assassination
i can hope, see?
even if i don't believe
and
i believe
i think
pray for information
i can hope, see
even if i don't believe
pray for a new state
pray for communication
i can hope, see
even if i don't believe
and
i believe
i think
i don't know
history will show
our progress is slow
when we win
we win in inches
the future deaf
so the few left
will need a fist
when no one will listen
know where we stand
know we pay the man
it's my flag
it's my flag
know i'm not kneeling
know what i'm feeling
my god above
or total lack of
but
i lack...
i think...
i don't know
my faith is barren
i don't believe the prayer
and it's not a sin
and it's not opinion
know i'm a man
know where i stand
in an affront
to god and country
pray for a new state
pray for assassination
i can hope, see?
even if i don't believe
and
i believe
i think
Lyrics submitted by sillymofo15
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"pray for a new state pray for assassination i can hope, see? "
That would help I guess.
I first paid attention to the lyrics on my last birthday, Nov. 4, 2004. As I was mulling over the early b-day present I'd been given two nights earlier, let's just say screaming along with these lyrics at the top of my lungs as i herded my car down the road was very cathartic.
Special note to the Secret Service, or anyone who might see this courtesy of Echelon or whatever else is out there:
I do not endorse any form of actual violence towards the US government or its officeholders ;)
Me neither. I guess their new album out in August is way more political than their first two.
I think its pretty clearly about his resentment that the government has a christian agenda.
When we win we win in inches.
HOLY CRAP. I rewind and play rewind and play that line. Intense.
It's my flag It's my flag
The government listens to me, I run the government, I am above the man, they can't control us if we don't allow ourselves to fall under the illusion that we are less powerful than the people we elect.
BAM.YES.
wow....it just amps me up. I wanna go protest shit and what not....