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.
A black heart in an empty shell
Where the desperation laid waste
I am you
A blank page in an unknown book
And the opposition you face
I am the endless scar, the broken hope
The gaping hole in your faith / I am you
The dark trail of endless graves
Where all the lifeless lay
I am waiting for that blade to fall
And cut me free of this hollow life that
Leads to all the ends that don't exist
Time to burn this design
To free ourselves
We will burn this together
Time to fuse this design, to make us one
We will burn this together
A new voice for the broken souls
In a world awaiting its death / I am you
An everlasting well of life
For the hopeless and the wrecked
I am the dying self, the narrow path
The calm that conquered the storm
I am you
The crosshairs on the head of shame
The negation to conform
I am waiting for that blade to fall
And cut me free of this hollow life that
Leads to all the ends that don't exist
Time to burn this design
To free ourselves
We will burn this together
Time to fuse this design, to make us one
We will burn this together
I will rise / I will break this
You will rise / You will break this
We will rise / We will take them down
Rise and break them down
Time to burn this design
To free ourselves
We will burn this together
Time to fuse this design, to make us one
We will burn this together
[x2]
Where the desperation laid waste
I am you
A blank page in an unknown book
And the opposition you face
I am the endless scar, the broken hope
The gaping hole in your faith / I am you
The dark trail of endless graves
Where all the lifeless lay
I am waiting for that blade to fall
And cut me free of this hollow life that
Leads to all the ends that don't exist
Time to burn this design
To free ourselves
We will burn this together
Time to fuse this design, to make us one
We will burn this together
A new voice for the broken souls
In a world awaiting its death / I am you
An everlasting well of life
For the hopeless and the wrecked
I am the dying self, the narrow path
The calm that conquered the storm
I am you
The crosshairs on the head of shame
The negation to conform
I am waiting for that blade to fall
And cut me free of this hollow life that
Leads to all the ends that don't exist
Time to burn this design
To free ourselves
We will burn this together
Time to fuse this design, to make us one
We will burn this together
I will rise / I will break this
You will rise / You will break this
We will rise / We will take them down
Rise and break them down
Time to burn this design
To free ourselves
We will burn this together
Time to fuse this design, to make us one
We will burn this together
[x2]
Lyrics submitted by Timbo777, edited by aboutdatboy, Mellow_Harsher
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