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's the night life that gets them off
So desperately they wait for
The excuse of love
We live like vampires
And we we we love like killers
We all die like infants
And we trust like mirrors
It's the smoke and the drinks
And the smiles that it brings
It's the pain and the sex
Disguised as hidden sense
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
It's the love of guilt
That fores a habit
Of being dramatically
Over dramatic
We live like vampires
And we we we love like killers
We all die like infants
And we trust like mirrors
It's the smoke and the drinks
And the smiles that it brings
It's the pain and the sex
Disguised as hidden sense
It's the smoke and the drinks
And the smiles that it brings
It's the pain and the sex
Disguised as hidden sense
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
The songs they say are in the key of the illusion of pain and it's irony
In the mist of lust and dropping names the trust they know and they keep the same
The songs they say are in the key of the illusion of pain and it's irony
In the mist of lust and dropping names the trust they know and they keep the same
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
So desperately they wait for
The excuse of love
We live like vampires
And we we we love like killers
We all die like infants
And we trust like mirrors
It's the smoke and the drinks
And the smiles that it brings
It's the pain and the sex
Disguised as hidden sense
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
It's the love of guilt
That fores a habit
Of being dramatically
Over dramatic
We live like vampires
And we we we love like killers
We all die like infants
And we trust like mirrors
It's the smoke and the drinks
And the smiles that it brings
It's the pain and the sex
Disguised as hidden sense
It's the smoke and the drinks
And the smiles that it brings
It's the pain and the sex
Disguised as hidden sense
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
The songs they say are in the key of the illusion of pain and it's irony
In the mist of lust and dropping names the trust they know and they keep the same
The songs they say are in the key of the illusion of pain and it's irony
In the mist of lust and dropping names the trust they know and they keep the same
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Slow suicide like it or not it's what we do
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Slow Suicide Lyrics as written by Ken Andrews
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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and if i'm not mistaken, it should be "We live like vampires"
really good song though, using drugs is a slow suicide when you really think about it, but then again, wouldn't everything in life be?