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.
Signification of intensive animal breeding means: more meat for a lesser cost Designed for the benefit of the multinationals and the profitability of agro alimentary
Animals are the objects of manipulation
Drugged, mutilated and tortured
Destined to be eaten
Diseases are in their share too Immobilized in an enclosure with replicated brightness
They have no access to exercise
We turn them into machines
They supply your entity
Feeding up your tummy
To enlarge heart attacks
Beated, blessed in the truck of death
Expelled violently off the trucks
They arrive to a slaughterhouse
Hurried and savagely brutalized in a terrifying environment
Amplified by screams and fear
Electrocuted or summarily knocked out
Legs grabbed on a hook
Head turned down
They slice their throat
Without awareness, they are cruelly disgorged...
Animals are the objects of manipulation
Drugged, mutilated and tortured
Destined to be eaten
Diseases are in their share too Immobilized in an enclosure with replicated brightness
They have no access to exercise
We turn them into machines
They supply your entity
Feeding up your tummy
To enlarge heart attacks
Beated, blessed in the truck of death
Expelled violently off the trucks
They arrive to a slaughterhouse
Hurried and savagely brutalized in a terrifying environment
Amplified by screams and fear
Electrocuted or summarily knocked out
Legs grabbed on a hook
Head turned down
They slice their throat
Without awareness, they are cruelly disgorged...
Lyrics submitted by DreamingInTheÆther
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