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.
(parts of victims organs)
(they will give you better style)
(attach the platemail to your insides)
blistered by the fire
(keep your victims confined)
caught in the threshold
(to meager)
man the armory
(rations)
dressed in our
(those in your basement)
last attire castle walls
(keep them confined to meager rations)
falling down around us all
(I stashed the platemail under the file cabinet)
and then when you go to sleep
I hope you wake up knowing
that you were meant for all of this
first, take time to breath you dont need me
you don't need anything its a wonder
how we're all under attack from everything always
and I'm willing to die to save your life
I know that you feel the same towards me
this is the last thing you'll remember
(we can't go wrong)
(Just hand me the best tongs)
(paid our dues and now we're gone)
(we can't go wrong just hand me the best tongs)
(we can't go wrong now)
you're saddened to see
everything that's come so far is falling
right into reach but you're still scared of this rain
(lance her eyes)
(and take one of those dream vacations)
(lance her eyes)
(and take one of those moonlit ocean walks)
blood stains my blade from taking hearts as ornaments
(wear parts of victims organs)
(they will give you better style)
(parts of victims organs just lance her eyes)
(they will give you better style)
(attach the platemail to your insides)
blistered by the fire
(keep your victims confined)
caught in the threshold
(to meager)
man the armory
(rations)
dressed in our
(those in your basement)
last attire castle walls
(keep them confined to meager rations)
falling down around us all
(I stashed the platemail under the file cabinet)
and then when you go to sleep
I hope you wake up knowing
that you were meant for all of this
first, take time to breath you dont need me
you don't need anything its a wonder
how we're all under attack from everything always
and I'm willing to die to save your life
I know that you feel the same towards me
this is the last thing you'll remember
(we can't go wrong)
(Just hand me the best tongs)
(paid our dues and now we're gone)
(we can't go wrong just hand me the best tongs)
(we can't go wrong now)
you're saddened to see
everything that's come so far is falling
right into reach but you're still scared of this rain
(lance her eyes)
(and take one of those dream vacations)
(lance her eyes)
(and take one of those moonlit ocean walks)
blood stains my blade from taking hearts as ornaments
(wear parts of victims organs)
(they will give you better style)
(parts of victims organs just lance her eyes)
Lyrics submitted by Gfrins
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God i miss when jonny was with them.. him and Mess sound fuckin great together They both are so good at making emotion come out with their vox.. In all, the chorus and the very end are my favorite. this songs so brutal but so gorgeous at the same time!
what a line "blood stains my blade from taking hearts as ornaments"
thats amazing. almost as good as the band
I love this song, the chorus is fabulous. I don't want to wonder what it means.
just picture a noble knight slaying an evil dragon that wears its victims parts as fashion! \m/
haha i love when jon mess screams over and over "i stashed the platemail under the file cabinet" beastly.
i wonder if when he says "blood stains my blade from taking souls as ornaments: he's referencing Poes in The Legend Of Zelda. Kind of a stretch, but I hear Zelda influences their lyrics...
my favorite dgd song, i love the chorus, sounds so sick.
omg i went to see them in cleveland and they played this song first. Kurt sang it but it was still good. too bad all the little teenie boppers didn't even know it. fuckin youngins.
This song's fuckin' amazing.
My own version, all feedback welcomed.
Prescripted by desire, caught in the threshold waiting to retire. obsessed with our, most expesive attire broken tools falling down around us all
and then when you go to sleep I hope you wake up knowing that you weren't meant for all of this
first, since i can breathe, listen and see i can do anything, it's a wonder i don't lend myself to everything always. and i am going to justify my life, i hope that you feel the same as me. i am going to be remembered.
excessive money, inducing poverty on people overseas. ignorance, or are you scared of the truth?
(chorus again)
blood stains my brain, from taking lives in ignorance