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.
Your pretty face seduced me,
blinded me from how you used me
I walked the long way home,
only to get hurt by you again
The longest glange, oh,
what illusions did iI have of you?
A lone reflection splitting in two
You found all seven ways to keep me near,
near within your reach
You sure knew how to harness love,
but never made me more than want you
I'm not sorry, you will never get more out of me
'Cause I am blinded no more
You sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown, and killed
High road would have none to regret
Never felt, I took the low road instead
Love is a little death between two little lives,
nothing more. Now I have myself to live for
You sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown, and killed
High road would have none to regret
Never felt, I took the low road instead
Ooo, my life is out of my hands
I always gave eternal love another change
Say the words, I want to hear, all over again.
Consuming, my only reason
Nothing is service free,
such things cannot be healed,
that will do fine for me,
so come here, come, come, come
And sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown, and killed
High road would have none to regret
Never felt, I took the low road instead
in the same nightmare again
dark tunnel of love will never end
taken for granted again
too weak a man to say it is over, all over
Ooo, my life is out of my hands
I always gave eternal love another change
Say the words, I want to hear, all over again.
Consuming, my only reason
We always seem to end up here and break a lance
Ready to give eternal love another change
You say the words, I want to hear, all over again.
Lust is my all consuming reason
Now, take me again
blinded me from how you used me
I walked the long way home,
only to get hurt by you again
The longest glange, oh,
what illusions did iI have of you?
A lone reflection splitting in two
You found all seven ways to keep me near,
near within your reach
You sure knew how to harness love,
but never made me more than want you
I'm not sorry, you will never get more out of me
'Cause I am blinded no more
You sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown, and killed
High road would have none to regret
Never felt, I took the low road instead
Love is a little death between two little lives,
nothing more. Now I have myself to live for
You sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown, and killed
High road would have none to regret
Never felt, I took the low road instead
Ooo, my life is out of my hands
I always gave eternal love another change
Say the words, I want to hear, all over again.
Consuming, my only reason
Nothing is service free,
such things cannot be healed,
that will do fine for me,
so come here, come, come, come
And sucked out my will to live
You gave me the crown, and killed
High road would have none to regret
Never felt, I took the low road instead
in the same nightmare again
dark tunnel of love will never end
taken for granted again
too weak a man to say it is over, all over
Ooo, my life is out of my hands
I always gave eternal love another change
Say the words, I want to hear, all over again.
Consuming, my only reason
We always seem to end up here and break a lance
Ready to give eternal love another change
You say the words, I want to hear, all over again.
Lust is my all consuming reason
Now, take me again
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