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.
Superstition taking all of us for a ride
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Ceremonies have killed religions for they provide
The masked comforts to delusionals, they're all in fright
The true believer's head was bathed in sunlight
While you are walking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Not even God
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Ah-ah
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect them to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Superstition taking all of us for a ride
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached
Detached, detached, detached, detached
Going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now (not even God)
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us now
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Ceremonies have killed religions for they provide
The masked comforts to delusionals, they're all in fright
The true believer's head was bathed in sunlight
While you are walking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Not even God
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Ah-ah
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect them to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Superstition taking all of us for a ride
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached
Detached, detached, detached, detached
Going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now (not even God)
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us now
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
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