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.
These are hands made to dig holes
One for every waiting soul
These are eyes made to deceive
To serve the lie we're made to believe
This is what I got for staring the sun
In the eye
I will surely be condemned
For this sin I will go to hell
For the warning that I never got
For my dreams of a raging sun
This is what I got for staring the sun
In the eye
Why is the sun so bright?
Why is the sun so bright?
Why is the sun so bright?
Why is the sun so bright?
Here it comes
Full war
A fucking chronic alarm
I'd dig
My own hole
Repay the Devil with my soul
To just
For one day
Be taken away from the flames
Until
It starts
All
Over
Again
One for every waiting soul
These are eyes made to deceive
To serve the lie we're made to believe
This is what I got for staring the sun
In the eye
I will surely be condemned
For this sin I will go to hell
For the warning that I never got
For my dreams of a raging sun
This is what I got for staring the sun
In the eye
Why is the sun so bright?
Why is the sun so bright?
Why is the sun so bright?
Why is the sun so bright?
Here it comes
Full war
A fucking chronic alarm
I'd dig
My own hole
Repay the Devil with my soul
To just
For one day
Be taken away from the flames
Until
It starts
All
Over
Again
Lyrics submitted by InspectorMustache
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