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.
I can see clearly from my diamond eyes
I'm going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will accept all of me
So the fire will stop
Up through the streets the gunfire of cars
Going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will take all of me
So the fire will stop
I will be cheating the whole ritual
I'm going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will expect all of me
So the fire will stop
Someone will break out of the circle
Someone will turn and burn a world
Someone knows a better cell
Where the old north wind blows through south-east hell, yeah
Invention was betrayed by the machine
Promised like it was promised to me
I'm going up to the mountain to see
How the last thing will set me free, yeah
I had to do something, I was wearing down
I was going down
Why can no one ever touch a fire spirit?
Why can no one ever hold a fire spirit?
Why can no one ever feel a fire spirit?
I am going to the mountain
I am going to the mountain
I am going to the mountain
I can see clearly from my diamond eyes
I'm going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will accept all of me
And the fire will stop
With too much patience and too much pain
Going to the mountain with the fire spirit
To make amends for all of me
And the fire will stop
I'm going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will accept all of me
So the fire will stop
Up through the streets the gunfire of cars
Going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will take all of me
So the fire will stop
I will be cheating the whole ritual
I'm going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will expect all of me
So the fire will stop
Someone will break out of the circle
Someone will turn and burn a world
Someone knows a better cell
Where the old north wind blows through south-east hell, yeah
Invention was betrayed by the machine
Promised like it was promised to me
I'm going up to the mountain to see
How the last thing will set me free, yeah
I had to do something, I was wearing down
I was going down
Why can no one ever touch a fire spirit?
Why can no one ever hold a fire spirit?
Why can no one ever feel a fire spirit?
I am going to the mountain
I am going to the mountain
I am going to the mountain
I can see clearly from my diamond eyes
I'm going to the mountain with the fire spirit
No one will accept all of me
And the fire will stop
With too much patience and too much pain
Going to the mountain with the fire spirit
To make amends for all of me
And the fire will stop
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