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.
When the blood dries in my veins
And my, heart feels no more pain
I know, I'll be on my way
To heaven's door
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I can feel,
Something happening that I've never felt before
Hopeless dreaming,
Will start dragging me away from heavens door
I can feel,
Something happening that I've never felt before
Hopeless dreaming,
Will start dragging me away from heavens door
When my mind stops thinking
And my eyes stop blinking
I hope,
Somebody's there
When my heart stops beating
And my lungs stop breathing
In air,
I hope somebody cares
When the blood dries in my veins
And my, heart feels no more pain
I know, I'll be on my way
To heaven's door
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I can feel,
Something happening that I've never felt before
Hopeless dreaming,
Will start dragging me away from heavens door
When my mind stops thinking
And my eyes stop blinking
I hope,
Somebody's there
When my heart stops beating
And my lungs stop breathing
In air,
I hope somebody cares
When my mind stops thinking
And my eyes stop blinking
I know,
At the end
And my, heart feels no more pain
I know, I'll be on my way
To heaven's door
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I can feel,
Something happening that I've never felt before
Hopeless dreaming,
Will start dragging me away from heavens door
I can feel,
Something happening that I've never felt before
Hopeless dreaming,
Will start dragging me away from heavens door
When my mind stops thinking
And my eyes stop blinking
I hope,
Somebody's there
When my heart stops beating
And my lungs stop breathing
In air,
I hope somebody cares
When the blood dries in my veins
And my, heart feels no more pain
I know, I'll be on my way
To heaven's door
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I know when I knock
I'll be hoping I don't drop
To a place where I will rise, like before
I can feel,
Something happening that I've never felt before
Hopeless dreaming,
Will start dragging me away from heavens door
When my mind stops thinking
And my eyes stop blinking
I hope,
Somebody's there
When my heart stops beating
And my lungs stop breathing
In air,
I hope somebody cares
When my mind stops thinking
And my eyes stop blinking
I know,
At the end
Lyrics submitted by bananahero
End Credits Lyrics as written by Saul Gregory Milton Benjamin Paul Ballance-drew
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I just happened to stumble upon this song a few days ago, and I LOVE it!
As I was listening to it again today and analyzing the lyrics, I found a possible meaning behind this song. I think the religious undertones about death and going to heaven or hell are pretty evident, but I think it's complicated to the singer/speaker. He strives to be a good person and to be forgiven for his sins in hopes of getting in heaven. The song is an epiphany of sorts; he realizes that he can aspire to get to heaven as much as he wants, but that isn't the fate he is meant for.
It's akin to the idiom that, like a leopard, "you can't change your spots." The speaker has committed sins that, regardless of how much or how often he tries to turn a new leaf and seek redemption he will never achieve it. Neverless, for as "hopeless" as he feels about his fate, his still hopes that when he "knocks" at heaven's door that somebody that cares is there.