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 took a little bit and now i need some more
i swear i heard your voice coming up thru the floor
rain on the windowpaine and blood is on the door
and ive been staring into my shadow for
two days or more
I forgot your name your the one i love
walk to me quietly invisibly forward
show me your hands
i dont care who you are
ill lay in heavens arms once and for all
but in my darkest of dreams i do the things that paint this room red
and i wont ever give in until the candle burns right through my hands
but in my darkest dreams i do the things that paint these eyes red
and i will never give in
no I won't ever give in
NEVER NO NEVER GIVE IN
NO I WON'T EVER GIVE IN
Dont you dare hold your breath for many only speak and then do nothing
in the red of eyes in the dead of nite stare into infiniti and watch it collapse
from the pale and bloodless look the innocent lives you took
back to where they belong in the arms of hell
back to where they belong...
and i awoke disfigured and i prayed that the sun would never shine
and i resemble a savior transmutating into another kind
premeditated unconscious enclosures
searing deep into my retina destroying
the innocent everlasting melodious prophecy 7 minutes to the hour
let darkness fall on this place where we dwell
did i awake or go to sleep i cant tell
dont even speak theres someone in the hall
thank god hes finally come to kill us all
but in my darkest of dreams i do the things that paint this room red
and i wont ever give in until the candle burns right through my hands
but in my darkest dreams i do the things that paint these eyes red
and i will never GIVE IN
no I won't ever GIVE IN
no I won't EVER GIVE IN
no I won't EVER GIVE IN
demented and decomposing
devilish darkened and deconstructing
deanimated descentsitized so detrimental in denial and beauty
the haunting lament of the foreboding
searing deep into my retina destroying
i swallow razors and drink the blood of an angel
i drank a little bit and i had a vision
pathetic prolific ways
i fill my pockets with all these incisions
now ive been locked in here for days
but its not all that simple
when i keep falling in love
with the mistakes and im afraid that im awake and fate is floating above
screaming on down to the second floor cuz i got this fear let me hear ya say
screaming on down to the second floor that i need some sleep let me hear ya say
screaming on down to the second floor cuz i got this fear let me hear ya say
screaming on down to the second floor cuz i got these visions...
the humanity in your eyes as you begin to realize your frailtys
photographs in the back of your mind there they will dwell...
marking in beauty and kept only for deception
i sink my teeth into every single love that ive had
mark this day...
the attributes of this ritualistic prison
cover your windows in blankets that you tore from your bed...
hiding shaking never resting pale as walls your thoughts are etched in
crawling on the ground im searchin for someone to take me...
back to where we belong
back to where we belong
i swear i heard your voice coming up thru the floor
rain on the windowpaine and blood is on the door
and ive been staring into my shadow for
two days or more
I forgot your name your the one i love
walk to me quietly invisibly forward
show me your hands
i dont care who you are
ill lay in heavens arms once and for all
but in my darkest of dreams i do the things that paint this room red
and i wont ever give in until the candle burns right through my hands
but in my darkest dreams i do the things that paint these eyes red
and i will never give in
no I won't ever give in
NEVER NO NEVER GIVE IN
NO I WON'T EVER GIVE IN
Dont you dare hold your breath for many only speak and then do nothing
in the red of eyes in the dead of nite stare into infiniti and watch it collapse
from the pale and bloodless look the innocent lives you took
back to where they belong in the arms of hell
back to where they belong...
and i awoke disfigured and i prayed that the sun would never shine
and i resemble a savior transmutating into another kind
premeditated unconscious enclosures
searing deep into my retina destroying
the innocent everlasting melodious prophecy 7 minutes to the hour
let darkness fall on this place where we dwell
did i awake or go to sleep i cant tell
dont even speak theres someone in the hall
thank god hes finally come to kill us all
but in my darkest of dreams i do the things that paint this room red
and i wont ever give in until the candle burns right through my hands
but in my darkest dreams i do the things that paint these eyes red
and i will never GIVE IN
no I won't ever GIVE IN
no I won't EVER GIVE IN
no I won't EVER GIVE IN
demented and decomposing
devilish darkened and deconstructing
deanimated descentsitized so detrimental in denial and beauty
the haunting lament of the foreboding
searing deep into my retina destroying
i swallow razors and drink the blood of an angel
i drank a little bit and i had a vision
pathetic prolific ways
i fill my pockets with all these incisions
now ive been locked in here for days
but its not all that simple
when i keep falling in love
with the mistakes and im afraid that im awake and fate is floating above
screaming on down to the second floor cuz i got this fear let me hear ya say
screaming on down to the second floor that i need some sleep let me hear ya say
screaming on down to the second floor cuz i got this fear let me hear ya say
screaming on down to the second floor cuz i got these visions...
the humanity in your eyes as you begin to realize your frailtys
photographs in the back of your mind there they will dwell...
marking in beauty and kept only for deception
i sink my teeth into every single love that ive had
mark this day...
the attributes of this ritualistic prison
cover your windows in blankets that you tore from your bed...
hiding shaking never resting pale as walls your thoughts are etched in
crawling on the ground im searchin for someone to take me...
back to where we belong
back to where we belong
Lyrics submitted by Sebastian1985
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