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.
Living at different places
Evading into various spaces
My compass has broken
I'm losing the way
An ungoing madness has led me astray
My past breaths down my neck and
It seems now that I can't do it
So back to beginnings
When I'll lay a hand
A fading illusion
That plagues me instead
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I follow illusive paths
Oh it seems they've
Been written in stone
And my door to a new life
Is closing so fast
Burning the bridges will not bring me back
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I know that in me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
Or am I just wasting time?
Evading into various spaces
My compass has broken
I'm losing the way
An ungoing madness has led me astray
My past breaths down my neck and
It seems now that I can't do it
So back to beginnings
When I'll lay a hand
A fading illusion
That plagues me instead
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I follow illusive paths
Oh it seems they've
Been written in stone
And my door to a new life
Is closing so fast
Burning the bridges will not bring me back
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I know that in me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
Or am I just wasting time?
Lyrics submitted by Darkphoenix
Solitary Ground Lyrics as written by Coen Janssen Adrianus Sluijter
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Songtrust Ave, CTM Publishing, Peermusic Publishing
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