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.
Pseudo - Squander
plummet
crunch
on the feet of the gods do the endless munch
Hunger
Open - Whooosh.. Wind
BOOM
The Ash Grey Door of Doom
the moon is still
the stars are.. still
the wind is still still
but not completely gone
the moon is still
the stars are.. still
the wind is still still
but not completely gone
BOOM
black
circles in the dust
spinning on a wind deprived of its lust
the sky above
is bent and swings
to the sound of silent things
BOOM
I can't have it all
flee the moment and the moment will find you
I can't take this call
but I can hear it
I CAN HEAR IT
I can't find the words
speak of the devil and the devil will find you
I'm here but not at all
BUT NOT AT ALL
BOOM
...and we know that within
our model of a human heart is doomed
BOOM
and still there is that gleaming silence
underneath a gaping sky and an empty moon
BOOM
No need to operate
to save my life
the time is coming
quickly sliding soon
so soon
all the breaths in all the world
stop breathing
and so
consumed
ARRIVE
plummet
crunch
on the feet of the gods do the endless munch
Hunger
Open - Whooosh.. Wind
BOOM
The Ash Grey Door of Doom
the moon is still
the stars are.. still
the wind is still still
but not completely gone
the moon is still
the stars are.. still
the wind is still still
but not completely gone
BOOM
black
circles in the dust
spinning on a wind deprived of its lust
the sky above
is bent and swings
to the sound of silent things
BOOM
I can't have it all
flee the moment and the moment will find you
I can't take this call
but I can hear it
I CAN HEAR IT
I can't find the words
speak of the devil and the devil will find you
I'm here but not at all
BUT NOT AT ALL
BOOM
...and we know that within
our model of a human heart is doomed
BOOM
and still there is that gleaming silence
underneath a gaping sky and an empty moon
BOOM
No need to operate
to save my life
the time is coming
quickly sliding soon
so soon
all the breaths in all the world
stop breathing
and so
consumed
ARRIVE
Lyrics submitted by MattSven
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"BOOM
The Ash Grey Door of Doom"
Pretty sure it's about the end of humanity, bombs destroying civilization as we know it and the moments as it happens. Peoples priorities and beliefs falling to the wayside as none of it seems to matter. I believe Nathan is suggesting the end of our world is the climax of our existence, like one last huge gasp of air before it's all over.
It finishes after repeated BOOM's with "the time is coming quickly sliding soon so soon all the breaths in all the world stop breathing and so consumed"
and then "ARRIVE", to suggest we've completed our journey.
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Eric was singing it in one of their YouTube shorts they made with Dr. Soy and whatnot. It was a "birthday song"
Ironic?
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Boom.