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.
How to? We're here to praise your name,
Blazing sun and a bitter death
You're a guardian across the gate
Wake up there is a new dawning
Wake up the witches wait
For you remember the mirror
When she looked in you are born
And the born in the middle of Margret
There's nobody else, there's nothing (at all)
Songs out of gnome's there's joy in the air
The hard the one dies when you were never there
Turn the wheel again
A new beginning
Another end
Cry out, the land needs blood
Inside the rain we'll all waiting
Give up yourself and your own
Cry out for you
Come turn the wheel
There's nothing to fear
Come turn the wheel
Come turn the page
Come turn the page
We do not believe in lies
Do not believe in lies!
(voice over)
There's someone coming
There's someone coming
We arise from the envelope? (now)
Everything should move
When a new day begins
God of wind and god of rain
Tell them where you better beware
The moment stay we sing for you
The love we blessed a child
See your bed time,?
Stay your voice in
We will be with you artipiant?
Come and move our hearts
We know there is light beyond the dark
Cry out, we cry for blood
Come cry your fear and join us
Come join us now
Join us now!
Cry out for you
Come turn the wheel
There's nothing to fear
Come turn the wheel
Come turn the page
Come turn the page
A new beginning
Another end
The myth of life you hold in your hand
We cry out, the land needs blood
The change of season
Treasure (We praise) the new beginning
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na (Repeat: x 2)
Cry out for you
Come turn the wheel
There's nothing to fear
Come turn the wheel
Come turn the page
Come turn the page
Blazing sun and a bitter death
You're a guardian across the gate
Wake up there is a new dawning
Wake up the witches wait
For you remember the mirror
When she looked in you are born
And the born in the middle of Margret
There's nobody else, there's nothing (at all)
Songs out of gnome's there's joy in the air
The hard the one dies when you were never there
Turn the wheel again
A new beginning
Another end
Cry out, the land needs blood
Inside the rain we'll all waiting
Give up yourself and your own
Cry out for you
Come turn the wheel
There's nothing to fear
Come turn the wheel
Come turn the page
Come turn the page
We do not believe in lies
Do not believe in lies!
(voice over)
There's someone coming
There's someone coming
We arise from the envelope? (now)
Everything should move
When a new day begins
God of wind and god of rain
Tell them where you better beware
The moment stay we sing for you
The love we blessed a child
See your bed time,?
Stay your voice in
We will be with you artipiant?
Come and move our hearts
We know there is light beyond the dark
Cry out, we cry for blood
Come cry your fear and join us
Come join us now
Join us now!
Cry out for you
Come turn the wheel
There's nothing to fear
Come turn the wheel
Come turn the page
Come turn the page
A new beginning
Another end
The myth of life you hold in your hand
We cry out, the land needs blood
The change of season
Treasure (We praise) the new beginning
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na (Repeat: x 2)
Cry out for you
Come turn the wheel
There's nothing to fear
Come turn the wheel
Come turn the page
Come turn the page
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