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.
find
words fade above the snow
the carved out psychic stitch
the carver's all who waves surrender
through all tempers looking back
the skin begins to crack
those ever double jointed blamers
i’m closed off no power the will inside no peace
no feeling all disease around security
eyes
divide the cycles find
a call who's never caught
belief heals over time decision
find
the vice grips never freed
a crease upon one's debt
and never paying forward
hate
we will be what we hate
what will be left today
when nothing's left to beg the moral
fate
what is it can't you say
who will be left to play
when ugly crippled eyes remain
i’m closed off devours the meat inside of me
in freeing all afraid of life eternity
eyes
burning of sorrow craving inside no teeth
holding on nothing is left to be believed
fear
what will we want with fear
the time bomb coming near
when nothing’s left to have or hope for
pain
what is there left to say
an ancient plan to pay
with blood and shit tomorrow
shame
we will be learning shame
until we play the game
that in the end will bring disorder
race
what will be left to say
when nothing is the same
and all this shit goes under
sticking out behind the mask
kiss the mercantile absess
rubbed behind each fertile blood
the fingernails are dirty
face the combination loss
then go towards the final cost
crippled debts a lost foothold
words so unconvincing
i’m closed off devours the meat inside of me in freeing all afraid of life eternity
words fade above the snow
the carved out psychic stitch
the carver's all who waves surrender
through all tempers looking back
the skin begins to crack
those ever double jointed blamers
i’m closed off no power the will inside no peace
no feeling all disease around security
eyes
divide the cycles find
a call who's never caught
belief heals over time decision
find
the vice grips never freed
a crease upon one's debt
and never paying forward
hate
we will be what we hate
what will be left today
when nothing's left to beg the moral
fate
what is it can't you say
who will be left to play
when ugly crippled eyes remain
i’m closed off devours the meat inside of me
in freeing all afraid of life eternity
eyes
burning of sorrow craving inside no teeth
holding on nothing is left to be believed
fear
what will we want with fear
the time bomb coming near
when nothing’s left to have or hope for
pain
what is there left to say
an ancient plan to pay
with blood and shit tomorrow
shame
we will be learning shame
until we play the game
that in the end will bring disorder
race
what will be left to say
when nothing is the same
and all this shit goes under
sticking out behind the mask
kiss the mercantile absess
rubbed behind each fertile blood
the fingernails are dirty
face the combination loss
then go towards the final cost
crippled debts a lost foothold
words so unconvincing
i’m closed off devours the meat inside of me in freeing all afraid of life eternity
Lyrics submitted by HumanGame, edited by endoflogic
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