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.
Locked up inside of cages so many years
All the voices whispering, held back by fear
Bound up in chains doing what they're told
Wanting to escape but feeling so all alone
Scream!
Time has come for us to scream
Time has come to be seen
Time to make them all believe
Time has come for us to scream
Scream together and scream as one
They could never stop what we had begun
It's only a dream because you think it's a dream
Stick together and make it a reality
Locked up inside of cages so many years
All the voices whispering, held back by fear
Bound up in chains doing what they're told
Wanting to escape but feeling so all alone
Scream!
Time has come for us to scream
Time has come to be seen
Time to make them all believe
Time has come for us to scream
Scream together and scream as one
They could never stop what we had begun
It's only a dream because you think it's a dream
We'll make it reality
Violent world full of hate
It's been too long, is it too late?
Too late to rise above our lives
Of two-fisted love?
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Violent world full of hate
I can see the anger on everyone's face
The anger lies deep down inside us all
And you can't repress the violence with two-fisted laws
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Violent world full of hate
We murder, rape, lie and steal
And then we kill the people who kill
To teach the people that it's wrong to kill
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Violent world full of hate
And it's just getting worse
I'm afraid that peace is just a word
(That we have forgotten how to say)
And soon enough you know we are going to have to pay
Blood and guts are all I see
In the movies and on TV
Our infatuation with brutality
Reflects a violent sick society
All the voices whispering, held back by fear
Bound up in chains doing what they're told
Wanting to escape but feeling so all alone
Scream!
Time has come for us to scream
Time has come to be seen
Time to make them all believe
Time has come for us to scream
Scream together and scream as one
They could never stop what we had begun
It's only a dream because you think it's a dream
Stick together and make it a reality
Locked up inside of cages so many years
All the voices whispering, held back by fear
Bound up in chains doing what they're told
Wanting to escape but feeling so all alone
Scream!
Time has come for us to scream
Time has come to be seen
Time to make them all believe
Time has come for us to scream
Scream together and scream as one
They could never stop what we had begun
It's only a dream because you think it's a dream
We'll make it reality
Violent world full of hate
It's been too long, is it too late?
Too late to rise above our lives
Of two-fisted love?
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Violent world full of hate
I can see the anger on everyone's face
The anger lies deep down inside us all
And you can't repress the violence with two-fisted laws
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Violent world full of hate
We murder, rape, lie and steal
And then we kill the people who kill
To teach the people that it's wrong to kill
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Can you hear the crying?
Can you hear the screams?
Can you see the fighting?
It's not as bad as it seems
Violent world full of hate
And it's just getting worse
I'm afraid that peace is just a word
(That we have forgotten how to say)
And soon enough you know we are going to have to pay
Blood and guts are all I see
In the movies and on TV
Our infatuation with brutality
Reflects a violent sick society
Lyrics submitted by xSEAGALx, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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