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.
Lay
My love
My bride
Asleep in this bed
Dead till she's loved inside
to caress this wilted flower
So quiet and cold
Touched as I lay in hard
and fuck this wilted flower
Take me in angel legs
deeper than your fucking grave
Ah, I hold you close
There's something so romantic
in not living a fucking day without you
Still dead eyes
Reflect love
Still bodies
Quench my thirst for
Intimate hold
I hold you all to myself
Strangle whole your closeness
Not even you my caged corpse
I crawl across this coffin
Over top this bodies handles
Lips taste gently across skin
Like wax drips down a dying candle
Like time inhales each expiring moment
Like life's movement is hunted
and swallowed whole by death
Oh, I'm so craving you here my darling
I'm craving to taste you
at the transformation
Oh, I am craving you here my darling
To taste this wilted flower
My love
My bride
Asleep in this bed
Dead till she's loved inside
to caress this wilted flower
So quiet and cold
Touched as I lay in hard
and fuck this wilted flower
Take me in angel legs
deeper than your fucking grave
Ah, I hold you close
There's something so romantic
in not living a fucking day without you
Still dead eyes
Reflect love
Still bodies
Quench my thirst for
Intimate hold
I hold you all to myself
Strangle whole your closeness
Not even you my caged corpse
I crawl across this coffin
Over top this bodies handles
Lips taste gently across skin
Like wax drips down a dying candle
Like time inhales each expiring moment
Like life's movement is hunted
and swallowed whole by death
Oh, I'm so craving you here my darling
I'm craving to taste you
at the transformation
Oh, I am craving you here my darling
To taste this wilted flower
Lyrics submitted by Guttersharkk
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