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.
I am the crisis
I am the bitter end
I'm gonna gun this town
I am divided
I am the razor edge
There is no easy now
Son of sorrow
Staring down forever
With an aching view
Disenchanted
Lets go down together
With the fatal wound
This is the real thing
No rubber bullets now
This is the final bow
My breath avoids me
My chest is in my head
My stomach's upside down
Down
Son of sorrow
Staring down forever
With an aching view
Disenchanted
Lets go down together
With the fatal wound
With the fatal wound
With the fatal wound
I am the bitter end
I'm gonna gun this town
I am divided
I am the razor edge
There is no easy now
Son of sorrow
Staring down forever
With an aching view
Disenchanted
Lets go down together
With the fatal wound
This is the real thing
No rubber bullets now
This is the final bow
My breath avoids me
My chest is in my head
My stomach's upside down
Down
Son of sorrow
Staring down forever
With an aching view
Disenchanted
Lets go down together
With the fatal wound
With the fatal wound
With the fatal wound
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