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.
to live in peace we must reject
all oppression on all levels
there can be no compromise
one man's justice is another man's crime
who has the right to decide
where to draw the line
Myxomatosis stinks
oppression stinks
i don't want to see man's murder anymore
(keep your hands away from your eyes
no I don't wanna, I wanna be blind
I don't want to see man's murder anymore)
we're not very different, we're very much the same
animals have feelings, animals have a brain
people have feelings, people have a brain
animals feel pain, people feel pain
Myxomatosis stinks, oppression stinks
i don't want to see man's murder anymore
(swelling of eyes, ears, mouth and external sexual organs
listlessness leading to complete inactivity and eventual death)
experimentation, vivisection, devastation, starvation, torture, war
all mindless slaughter are all basically the same
man made oppression, man made pain
(death follows in almost all cases
within, at the most, three weeks of hell)
all oppression on all levels
there can be no compromise
one man's justice is another man's crime
who has the right to decide
where to draw the line
Myxomatosis stinks
oppression stinks
i don't want to see man's murder anymore
(keep your hands away from your eyes
no I don't wanna, I wanna be blind
I don't want to see man's murder anymore)
we're not very different, we're very much the same
animals have feelings, animals have a brain
people have feelings, people have a brain
animals feel pain, people feel pain
Myxomatosis stinks, oppression stinks
i don't want to see man's murder anymore
(swelling of eyes, ears, mouth and external sexual organs
listlessness leading to complete inactivity and eventual death)
experimentation, vivisection, devastation, starvation, torture, war
all mindless slaughter are all basically the same
man made oppression, man made pain
(death follows in almost all cases
within, at the most, three weeks of hell)
Lyrics submitted by horrorpunker
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