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.
Child of burning time
Child of burning time
My only consolation is all lies
The apex of my consequence is dying here tonight
Winter hasn't ended and it always looks like rain
I can't remember anything, anything
Inside the absolution we succumb
And appetites are bittersweet I think I'm going numb
A chance to give up Avarice has marked my one regret
The child of burning time has gone, he hasn't come back
Before I tell my story, please consider who I am
I missed my window years ago, I'm doing all I can
A tragedy is commonplace but in the end they go away
My skin is still the only stain I'm left to wear in shame
I'll cut my name into my heart
I'll tear it all apart
I beg you, burn me away
I won't become your hero
Just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away
I won't give up tomorrow
Just to lose it all today
I burn away
I burn away
I burn away
I burn away
My isolation is my course
The effect it has on life itself is a cancer on its source
I rue the moments spent between the fetish and the flame
Until this war is over, I won't ever lose my rage
I cut my name into my soul
I guess I'll never know
I beg you, burn me away
I won't become your hero
Just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away
I won't give up tomorrow
Just to lose it all today
Burn me away
I won't become your hero
Just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away
I won't give up tomorrow
Just to lose it all, lose it all today
Child of burning time
My only consolation is all lies
The apex of my consequence is dying here tonight
Winter hasn't ended and it always looks like rain
I can't remember anything, anything
Inside the absolution we succumb
And appetites are bittersweet I think I'm going numb
A chance to give up Avarice has marked my one regret
The child of burning time has gone, he hasn't come back
Before I tell my story, please consider who I am
I missed my window years ago, I'm doing all I can
A tragedy is commonplace but in the end they go away
My skin is still the only stain I'm left to wear in shame
I'll cut my name into my heart
I'll tear it all apart
I beg you, burn me away
I won't become your hero
Just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away
I won't give up tomorrow
Just to lose it all today
I burn away
I burn away
I burn away
I burn away
My isolation is my course
The effect it has on life itself is a cancer on its source
I rue the moments spent between the fetish and the flame
Until this war is over, I won't ever lose my rage
I cut my name into my soul
I guess I'll never know
I beg you, burn me away
I won't become your hero
Just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away
I won't give up tomorrow
Just to lose it all today
Burn me away
I won't become your hero
Just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away
I won't give up tomorrow
Just to lose it all, lose it all today
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