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.
We'll hold this off to build these machines
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
Just look out of your window and you'll find us here
We can make a stand to stop the uproars
If you can fight in wars for that
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
If you could give us the answers now
Help us to end all the suffering
We'll clean the blood from all of our eyes
Take the rage away from us
If you could us the answers now
We could crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
I hope that in time that I'm okay with all of this
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
Just look out of your window and you'll find us here
We can make a stand to stop the uproars
If you can fight in wars for that
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
If you could give us the answers now
Help us to end all the suffering
We'll clean the blood from all of our eyes
Take the rage away from us
If you could us the answers now
We could crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
I hope that in time that I'm okay with all of this
Lyrics submitted by strider3005
Build an Army Lyrics as written by Daniel Haigh Omar Abidi
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd
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I agree, pissed off kids, social revolution. The chorus could almost become a chant.
Good song, ditto the two folks above. ^
best song on the album I think
sticking with the album concept this is about forming an army (revolution) and destroying the "bad" world on there path to building the "new" world. 1st they must destroy, then re-build. this is the part of the album where the destroying starts to take place
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