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.
Learn to admit the Machine's emanations
Act of initiatory chivalry
Learn to see the dramas in the sky
Act of terrestrial abnegation
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want blood, not peace
You want shouts, you want tears
Not wisdom
Some Divine in their afflictions
Learn to stand apart from all profane dogmas
Act of final mind revolution
Learn to not care about their punishments
Act of war and liberation
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want fire, you burn
Want the Great, not the minor
The absolute
Black and blue
The forever storm
Harangue:
Gloria victis!
Fatum nostrum universiis majus
Gloria victis!
Gloria victis!
Lifecode:
Cleanliness and order in your modus operandi
Achievement of the Great Work
Obedience, silently
Vois la splendeur vermeille et la triomphante beauté
Et n'oublie jamais où se terre l'écarlate vérité
Acceptance of doing things
That are beyond your nature
Formal assurance that you are acting right
Whatever happens remember
That they could have no power at all
No power at all against you
Gloria victis!
Gloria victis!
Cleanliness and order in your modus operandi
Achievement of the Great Work
Obedience, silently
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want blood, not peace
You want shouts, you want tears
Not wisdom
Some Divine in their afflictions
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want fire, you burn
Want the Great, not the minor
The absolute
Black and blue
The forever storm
Act of initiatory chivalry
Learn to see the dramas in the sky
Act of terrestrial abnegation
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want blood, not peace
You want shouts, you want tears
Not wisdom
Some Divine in their afflictions
Learn to stand apart from all profane dogmas
Act of final mind revolution
Learn to not care about their punishments
Act of war and liberation
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want fire, you burn
Want the Great, not the minor
The absolute
Black and blue
The forever storm
Harangue:
Gloria victis!
Fatum nostrum universiis majus
Gloria victis!
Gloria victis!
Lifecode:
Cleanliness and order in your modus operandi
Achievement of the Great Work
Obedience, silently
Vois la splendeur vermeille et la triomphante beauté
Et n'oublie jamais où se terre l'écarlate vérité
Acceptance of doing things
That are beyond your nature
Formal assurance that you are acting right
Whatever happens remember
That they could have no power at all
No power at all against you
Gloria victis!
Gloria victis!
Cleanliness and order in your modus operandi
Achievement of the Great Work
Obedience, silently
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want blood, not peace
You want shouts, you want tears
Not wisdom
Some Divine in their afflictions
You are not one of them
Not the same breed
You always felt out of place
Join your true scene
You want fire, you burn
Want the Great, not the minor
The absolute
Black and blue
The forever storm
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