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.
So scream I heard about your message
And how it reeks of your indifference
It bleeds horizontal straight from your wrists
(So scream louder about)
I'm bound to come around about
(Bound to come around)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lips
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
Scream we used to be the sigh and breathe
Subtle but elite method,
I could forfeit on competing
Said "it's all about a war"
So scream loud about
I'm bound to come around about
(bound to come around again)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lip
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love (It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
The keys to the castle
Are right where I left them
A princess walked in
Just to die for attention
'Cause, after all well isn’t that
All that I’ve been after
And after all well isn’t that I’m after
(It's love, love that I'm after)
(No way out)
I give up in me
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
I give up in you
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more (loved you)
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted
And how it reeks of your indifference
It bleeds horizontal straight from your wrists
(So scream louder about)
I'm bound to come around about
(Bound to come around)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lips
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
Scream we used to be the sigh and breathe
Subtle but elite method,
I could forfeit on competing
Said "it's all about a war"
So scream loud about
I'm bound to come around about
(bound to come around again)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lip
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love (It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
The keys to the castle
Are right where I left them
A princess walked in
Just to die for attention
'Cause, after all well isn’t that
All that I’ve been after
And after all well isn’t that I’m after
(It's love, love that I'm after)
(No way out)
I give up in me
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
I give up in you
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more (loved you)
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted
Lyrics submitted by YourBlackoutMemory
Bonus Mosh Pt. II Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Burbank Lazzara
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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