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.
Kissing a strange hand
My city like streetlamps fade
On the edge of an answer you way lust
Beginnings are made
Lover forgive me my guilt is my only crime
And ill carry it round till it breaks me down every time
This is the time of night when the moonlight shines down and we can reveal who we truly are
Within the darkest most depraved
Of joys
If your afraid to say
But you'd like to try
Just give me the safe word and take your hand
And smack me in the mouth , my love
From hunger you call and it falls upon the ears of faith
A half open mouth and the whole truth that no one would take
Pretend all you want you can cry to your hearts own beat
We will take love and swear upon the things that we just can't keep
This is the time of night when the moonlight shines down and we can reveal who we truly are
Within the darkest most depraved
Of joys
If your afraid to say
But you'd like to try
Just give me the safe word and take your hand
And smack me in the mouth , my love
This is the time of night when the moonlight shines down and we can reveal who we truly are
Within the darkest most depraved
Of joys
If your afraid to say
But you'd like to try
Just give me the safe word and take your hand
And smack me in the mouth ,
My love?
My city like streetlamps fade
On the edge of an answer you way lust
Beginnings are made
Lover forgive me my guilt is my only crime
And ill carry it round till it breaks me down every time
This is the time of night when the moonlight shines down and we can reveal who we truly are
Within the darkest most depraved
Of joys
If your afraid to say
But you'd like to try
Just give me the safe word and take your hand
And smack me in the mouth , my love
From hunger you call and it falls upon the ears of faith
A half open mouth and the whole truth that no one would take
Pretend all you want you can cry to your hearts own beat
We will take love and swear upon the things that we just can't keep
This is the time of night when the moonlight shines down and we can reveal who we truly are
Within the darkest most depraved
Of joys
If your afraid to say
But you'd like to try
Just give me the safe word and take your hand
And smack me in the mouth , my love
This is the time of night when the moonlight shines down and we can reveal who we truly are
Within the darkest most depraved
Of joys
If your afraid to say
But you'd like to try
Just give me the safe word and take your hand
And smack me in the mouth ,
My love?
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ohhhkay, is this just me or does the beat in the backround sound like a backstreet boys song?
i heard that too and thought i was delusional but it sounds so much better than BSB ever could lol
this is one of my favorites. like all SWR songs, it's self-explanatory. it's not supposed to be deep and thought-provoking. it's just...there for enjoyment. and for the background music for sex :)
background music for sex??? Who has sex to backstreet boys instrumentals?hahaha
Probably my favorite song on the album. I think of Bondage/S&M when I hear it. Ergo, why this would probably be a nice background song for sex, haha.
Sounds like it's about BSDM as Anhedonia stated.
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BDSM into the early hours of morning, maybe. They've got quite a few gothic songs on this subject of choice
i always sorta thought he was cheating on his girlfriend with a stranger.. (which involved S&M) see, "On the edge of an answer, you way lust/Beginnings are made" cos he's just meeting this dominatrix or whoever.
"lover forgive me my guilt is my only crime" to his girlfriend, since it's just S&M, he's not actually having sex with this woman, but he still feels guilty about it.