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've seen what you have made in all it's beauty.
What I cannot create I recognize.
Let's watch the night explode, just hold onto me.
I'll whisper you this truth uncompromised.
Wait for a heart that never lies, but not this time.
Watch those explosions in the sky and you'll go blind, but not this time.
Will you live in hope or dark desire?
What can I say?
Fuck love give me fire.
Have you seen what I've made beneath the wreckage?
Just suffer through the dust and there you'll find the color of a night that burned out from us.
Surrounded by it's glow our city lies.
Wait for a love that never dies and you've lost life.
One overdoes just to survive.
We'll shine this time.
We'll make headlines.
What I cannot create I recognize.
Let's watch the night explode, just hold onto me.
I'll whisper you this truth uncompromised.
Wait for a heart that never lies, but not this time.
Watch those explosions in the sky and you'll go blind, but not this time.
Will you live in hope or dark desire?
What can I say?
Fuck love give me fire.
Have you seen what I've made beneath the wreckage?
Just suffer through the dust and there you'll find the color of a night that burned out from us.
Surrounded by it's glow our city lies.
Wait for a love that never dies and you've lost life.
One overdoes just to survive.
We'll shine this time.
We'll make headlines.
Lyrics submitted by mel89
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"I've seen what you have made in all it's beauty. What I cannot create I recognize." He's seen the love that she's show him, but he cannot create it in return. Though he was able to in the past (comes from the I recognize).
"Let's watch the night explode, just hold onto me." Lets watch the night take its form etc.
"I'll whisper you this truth uncompromised."
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"Watch those explosions in the sky and you'll go blind, but not this time." Explosions in the sky, to me it means fireworks, as in the firework relationg to love. So there may be those but if they simbolized real love then she would go blind. But they aren't, so the "but not this time" comes into it.
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"We'll shine this time. We'll make headlines." Pretty self explanatory.
That's the best I could come up with. I love this song, probably my favourite off the album along with Mute.