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.
I'll be God
I'll be God, I'll be God, I'll be God today
Hold my head under the bath and breathe away
Slit my wrists and watch that blood evaporate
Being this Godly can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me
I'll play God
I'll play God, I'll play God, I'll play God today
Ante up and play that God a poker game
Walk away with all our little God's spare change
Playing this God, it can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me
Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
I'll fake God
I'll fake God, I'll fake God, I'll fake God today
Hop up on a cloud and watch the world decay
Ana on my shoulders and we'll laugh away
Faking this God, it can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me
Ana, baby, I'm not crazy
Oh Ana, oh Ana
Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
Kill
Kill
Kill
Kill
Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill Ana
Oh Ana
I'll be God, I'll be God, I'll be God today
Hold my head under the bath and breathe away
Slit my wrists and watch that blood evaporate
Being this Godly can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me
I'll play God
I'll play God, I'll play God, I'll play God today
Ante up and play that God a poker game
Walk away with all our little God's spare change
Playing this God, it can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me
Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
I'll fake God
I'll fake God, I'll fake God, I'll fake God today
Hop up on a cloud and watch the world decay
Ana on my shoulders and we'll laugh away
Faking this God, it can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me
Ana, baby, I'm not crazy
Oh Ana, oh Ana
Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
Kill
Kill
Kill
Kill
Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill Ana
Oh Ana
Lyrics submitted by causewitheffect
Oh Ana Lyrics as written by Ryan Guldemond
Lyrics © Anthem Entertainment
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personally i see this song as from the view point of a nihilistic (antisocial?) teen struggling with their world view, often turning away from other people to instead dwell in their fantasies of world destruction.
they feel secluded and suicidal until they meet ana - a loving, innocent, possibly heavily christian young girl - who they feel they can finally confide their thoughts in. but then it takes a turn when they, in their nihilistic mindset, feel they can mock godlihood as they dont believe in one and ana is confused and put off.
realizing how mich theyve hurt ana they seclude themselves again, hiding away in their fantasies of the world finally dying, though ana is with them in this dream world now.