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.
You're the worst of all with all your accusations and compunction
I can't suffer this duress from someone so
depraved and selfish
You embody all that I've been trough
without you I am sure I will be loved
My existence conforms to your distress
Your ambition,the cause of mine
A disruption,I'm nothing,even less
Misforunes never come singly,and I was there to stay
You don't allow me a single place
nor any love into your lives
An unpercieved,annoying presence you'd rather ignore
But in m life you know you'll leave a
beautiful emptiness
Where you used to be impotent screams
will turn into the love of silence
my liberation,
then silence will be perfect and pure
It's all in my dreams
I'll remove you
and all our mutual disgust
In my dreams,
I solve the problem by removing it
My wish is to see you grovel like you once forced me to!
There's no other way,
here's my course of life
a path without the sickening trace of you
I need the beauty of a clear, pure world
this eternal interruption of your rash life can save me
You don't allow me a single place
nor any love into your lives
an unpercieved,annoying presence you'd rather ignore
But in my life you know you'll leave a beautiful emptiness
It's sad to feel you don't believe in love
it's sad that you're so cold
and I'll be the same if you keep on poisoning my life
Drowning in self-sacrificing visions
when you're gone,than we will all be released
It's sad my life has been like hell so far
it's sad that you're the cause
and I will be cured in this beautiful,empty world
Floating,floating away with your perilous visions and hate
When you're gone,silence will fill up the emptiness
When you're gone,we all will be released
In my dreams I shall rinse my body and soul
My wish, the accomplishment lies here before me in my hands
I will be released from your accusing eyes
and torrents of verbal abuse
You'll know the causes are your own mistakes
while life flows out of you and exempts me forever
I can't suffer this duress from someone so
depraved and selfish
You embody all that I've been trough
without you I am sure I will be loved
My existence conforms to your distress
Your ambition,the cause of mine
A disruption,I'm nothing,even less
Misforunes never come singly,and I was there to stay
You don't allow me a single place
nor any love into your lives
An unpercieved,annoying presence you'd rather ignore
But in m life you know you'll leave a
beautiful emptiness
Where you used to be impotent screams
will turn into the love of silence
my liberation,
then silence will be perfect and pure
It's all in my dreams
I'll remove you
and all our mutual disgust
In my dreams,
I solve the problem by removing it
My wish is to see you grovel like you once forced me to!
There's no other way,
here's my course of life
a path without the sickening trace of you
I need the beauty of a clear, pure world
this eternal interruption of your rash life can save me
You don't allow me a single place
nor any love into your lives
an unpercieved,annoying presence you'd rather ignore
But in my life you know you'll leave a beautiful emptiness
It's sad to feel you don't believe in love
it's sad that you're so cold
and I'll be the same if you keep on poisoning my life
Drowning in self-sacrificing visions
when you're gone,than we will all be released
It's sad my life has been like hell so far
it's sad that you're the cause
and I will be cured in this beautiful,empty world
Floating,floating away with your perilous visions and hate
When you're gone,silence will fill up the emptiness
When you're gone,we all will be released
In my dreams I shall rinse my body and soul
My wish, the accomplishment lies here before me in my hands
I will be released from your accusing eyes
and torrents of verbal abuse
You'll know the causes are your own mistakes
while life flows out of you and exempts me forever
Lyrics submitted by vampirella666
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01: Chilhood in minor: just a instrumental intro
02: beautiful emptiness: the album start with the end of the story. the girl's life has been a complete hell and she turned out the same as her parents so she brutally breaks the circle by murdering her parents. then you here the music of the entire album in reverse very fast. so the story rewinds and starts with the beginning now.
03: between love and fire: the girl is not yet born. the mother has found out that she is pregnant. but the father doesnt want the kid because they both have a career so they won't have time to raise it. and they have a lot a problems with their relationship. but they decide to use this child like a sort of glue to heal their relationship.
04: sins of idealism:
the child is born, but its going wrong already. the mother's career is not going well because she has to spend time with her kid and she is blaming her for it. same with the father. the child doesnt understand it and blames herself. she just want her parents to love her but she doesnt get any love.
05: eccentric:
the girl is older now and she is in school. but she gets bullied at school. so everything is getting worse and worse. she gets more and more lonely
06: Digital Deceit
out of loneliness the girl hides in the world of computer games and internet. in that fantasy world she can be who she wants to be. she is her own queen.
07: through square eyes:
a follow up of the previous song
08: blind pain:
Everything is getting worse. the parents get a divorce.
09: two sides
well not much new in this song, its al just getting worse. the child is getting desperate. she can't hardly hold on.
the child has reached adulthood. and she starts to feel how her childhood affected her personality. she gets married and gets pregnant. she is in the same position her mum was.
11: reflections:
this song is a kind conclusion. the explanation of the invisible circle.
12: Life's vortex
This is the invisible circle. an abused child becomes a abusive mother. she now makes the same mistakes her parents made. she is almost a clone of her mother. she cant give anyone love because she has never learned how to love.
this ends the album, but as i said the story begins with the ending. so after that conclusion that she turned out like her parents she decides that the only thing that can free her is the death of her parents. and because of the immense void of and all emtions destroyed ( the beautiful emptiness) she is now able to kill her parents. ending the story
very sad but realistic album, and this song is extremely tragic and evil.
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~Vampy
I agree. It seems to be the end of the story, and she kills her parents because she believes she will finally be happy without them.
The whole song is in her prespective.
If you read the booklet, this is the girl summarizing her life so far... Great song.
You mean that children can't have revenge fantasies? What makes it so, sad is that she is so powerless in the face of such an aggravated insult to everything to one needs to survive. Her desire a safe place where she can be herself. This is why she finds the internet so intoxicating(Digital Deceit, Eccentric).
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