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.
Rip the flesh with our gnashing teeth,
The inside of the dying beast,
From the book of Enoch,
To the bible codes,
We spend the final days still looking for that gold,
And when we find it, how will we know?
Will it cleanse the rot from our souls?
Will it help to saves us from the fires below?
Throw the stones and smash the citadel,
Search the ruins of the fort that fell,
From the book of Enoch,
To the bible codes,
We spend the final days still looking for that gold,
And when we find it, how will we know?
Will it cleanse the rot from our souls?
Will it help to saves us from the fires below?
Trying to hold on to what fell through our hands,
Like using a sieve to move the sands,
Over, under, inside and out,
A fanatic’s zeal erases any burden of doubt,
Quest for the blood of Christ,
Peerlessly on the blade of a knife,
Try to ensure life without end,
Living in fear of committing mortal sin,
Cut down all the forest trees,
Search the horizon for what is now seen,
From the book of Enoch,
To the bible codes,
We spend the final days still looking for that gold,
And when we find it, how will we know?
And we pray
And we pray
Take the pick and drive it into the soil,
Dig without hands until we find the oil,
Marching forward faith obscures what’s wrong,
For at the end of the day the lamb and the goat are still fused as one.
The inside of the dying beast,
From the book of Enoch,
To the bible codes,
We spend the final days still looking for that gold,
And when we find it, how will we know?
Will it cleanse the rot from our souls?
Will it help to saves us from the fires below?
Throw the stones and smash the citadel,
Search the ruins of the fort that fell,
From the book of Enoch,
To the bible codes,
We spend the final days still looking for that gold,
And when we find it, how will we know?
Will it cleanse the rot from our souls?
Will it help to saves us from the fires below?
Trying to hold on to what fell through our hands,
Like using a sieve to move the sands,
Over, under, inside and out,
A fanatic’s zeal erases any burden of doubt,
Quest for the blood of Christ,
Peerlessly on the blade of a knife,
Try to ensure life without end,
Living in fear of committing mortal sin,
Cut down all the forest trees,
Search the horizon for what is now seen,
From the book of Enoch,
To the bible codes,
We spend the final days still looking for that gold,
And when we find it, how will we know?
And we pray
And we pray
Take the pick and drive it into the soil,
Dig without hands until we find the oil,
Marching forward faith obscures what’s wrong,
For at the end of the day the lamb and the goat are still fused as one.
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"Take the pick and drive it into the soil, Dig without hands until we find the oil, Marching forward faith obscures what's wrong, For at the end of the day the lamb and the goat are still fused as one."
Lamb of god, and the goat, symbol of satan?
That's correct^. Even though organized religions claim to have good intentions, superstitious dogma blinds people to the true injustices of the world. Real problems are ignored in favor of things fighting to deny the rights of gays and women, trying to get creationism taught in schools, etc, etc...
It's about the naivete of religious faith.