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.
We are all we have tonight
WHOA OHHH OHHH
The ones you can't control
Brought together by life's twist
Have only one another to depend upon
Displaced from society, outcast we are
We have nothing to live up to
We are all we've got
HEY! Loud, fast music
HEY! Sweat and dirt
HEY! Songs from a man's soul
HEY! Noise of battle
HEY! Black clouds of smoke
HEY! It's time to lose control
C'MON GET UP NOW
Vengeance with our fist
RIGHT NOW
Screaming in the air
WHOA OHHH OHHH
We are all we have tonight
All these joys and sorrow
I gladly sadly bring
This music's all we've got
The only place I need is drinking here tonight
Together with you all
HEY! Loud, fast music
HEY! Sweat and dirt
HEY! Songs from a man's soul
HEY! Noise of battle
HEY! Black clouds of smoke
HEY! It's time to lose control
C'MON GET UP NOW
Vengeance with our fist
RIGHT NOW
Screaming in the air
WHOA OHHH OHHH We are all we have tonight
NOW - vengeance with our fist
WHOA OH OH - screaming in the air
The only place I need is drinking here with you
WE ARE ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT
This noise is all we've got
So let me hear you sing
WE ARE ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT
HEY! Loud, fast music
HEY! Sweat and dirt
HEY! Songs from our soul
HEY! The only songs we need
WHOA OHHH OHHH
We are all we have tonight
WHOA OHHH OHHH
The ones you can't control
Brought together by life's twist
Have only one another to depend upon
Displaced from society, outcast we are
We have nothing to live up to
We are all we've got
HEY! Loud, fast music
HEY! Sweat and dirt
HEY! Songs from a man's soul
HEY! Noise of battle
HEY! Black clouds of smoke
HEY! It's time to lose control
C'MON GET UP NOW
Vengeance with our fist
RIGHT NOW
Screaming in the air
WHOA OHHH OHHH
We are all we have tonight
All these joys and sorrow
I gladly sadly bring
This music's all we've got
The only place I need is drinking here tonight
Together with you all
HEY! Loud, fast music
HEY! Sweat and dirt
HEY! Songs from a man's soul
HEY! Noise of battle
HEY! Black clouds of smoke
HEY! It's time to lose control
C'MON GET UP NOW
Vengeance with our fist
RIGHT NOW
Screaming in the air
WHOA OHHH OHHH We are all we have tonight
NOW - vengeance with our fist
WHOA OH OH - screaming in the air
The only place I need is drinking here with you
WE ARE ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT
This noise is all we've got
So let me hear you sing
WE ARE ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT
HEY! Loud, fast music
HEY! Sweat and dirt
HEY! Songs from our soul
HEY! The only songs we need
WHOA OHHH OHHH
We are all we have tonight
Lyrics submitted by Chabowker
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its about belonging in a group, a very specific one(while in the pit) were everywhere else u are a misfit, an outcast.... i know i feel that way
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