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.
Dead state I can feel the weight
Light streaming in through the open grate
Two thread score tearing up the floor
Out in the alley with the trigger draw
Numb hands I can see the strand
Hold it together with a severed band
Three lost years I've been crying here
I'm over, I'm over, I'm over, I'm broken
Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the black, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart
I'm hit I can feel the grit
Sat in the asher on the beaten brick
Two thread main running through the vein
Out in the centre with a mirrored cane
Numb feet I can hear you speak
Hold it together with a severed streak
Three full years I've been crying here
I'm over, I'm over, I'm over, I'm broken
Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the black, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart
Stood up on the side of the earth
Thrown back to the track to the dirt
Two thread, lose an hour a day
We're miles adrift, we're inches away...
Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the back, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart
Stood up on the side of the earth
Thrown back to the track to the dirt
Two thread, lose an hour a day
We're miles adrift, we're inches away...
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
Hold it together, with a severed band
Can't feel the blood
Light streaming in through the open grate
Two thread score tearing up the floor
Out in the alley with the trigger draw
Numb hands I can see the strand
Hold it together with a severed band
Three lost years I've been crying here
I'm over, I'm over, I'm over, I'm broken
Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the black, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart
I'm hit I can feel the grit
Sat in the asher on the beaten brick
Two thread main running through the vein
Out in the centre with a mirrored cane
Numb feet I can hear you speak
Hold it together with a severed streak
Three full years I've been crying here
I'm over, I'm over, I'm over, I'm broken
Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the black, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart
Stood up on the side of the earth
Thrown back to the track to the dirt
Two thread, lose an hour a day
We're miles adrift, we're inches away...
Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the back, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart
Stood up on the side of the earth
Thrown back to the track to the dirt
Two thread, lose an hour a day
We're miles adrift, we're inches away...
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
Hold it together, with a severed band
Can't feel the blood
Lyrics submitted by primordialflem, edited by bravinski
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m agree with You. I also relate this with the new Xfiles movie. Maybe now every word, but it corespionds very close with Mulders state of mind. He is in some way broken, hes hiding himself, have "hole in the back" (betrayed by FBI), but he got love. Thats probably one thing he has in this world :) They live somewhere (We're miles adrift, we're inches away).It is also related with the last scene in film (after credits)- they are on a boat, physically and symbolically (in live they live now and always lived). But this song is so universal, that I think someone finds better explanation.