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.
Yes, axiomatic subject matter, executed with absolute lucidity
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
In an unsane system
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, someone take the first step,
Be brave and cave in.
Alright
(Alright, I admit it, we are totally lost)
Imagine that, and then they say..
We've lost the movement, we've lost the beat.
We got so tied up in making a profit
That we choked when we realised that it was at our feet
We've lost the movement, we've lost the beat.
We're all made of the same dark matter,
It's intrensic that we rise to our feet.
We'll start a movement, we'll start a beat.
We're all made of the same dark matter,
It's intrensic that we rise to our feet.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
In an unsane system
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, someone take the first step,
Be brave and cave in.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
In an unsane system
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, someone take the first step,
Be brave and cave in.
Alright
(Alright, I admit it, we are totally lost)
Imagine that, and then they say..
We've lost the movement, we've lost the beat.
We got so tied up in making a profit
That we choked when we realised that it was at our feet
We've lost the movement, we've lost the beat.
We're all made of the same dark matter,
It's intrensic that we rise to our feet.
We'll start a movement, we'll start a beat.
We're all made of the same dark matter,
It's intrensic that we rise to our feet.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
We will, we will never be sane
In an unsane system
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, keep the pressure on
Keep the tempo up, someone take the first step,
Be brave and cave in.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We're sick of the same old story,
Tonight the motionless must vacate,
So we can accelerate out of a stagnant society.
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
We can't keep deferring action,
Only surviving by the skin of our teeth.
Lyrics submitted by robtron5000, edited by BlueDiamondx3
Thumper Lyrics as written by Liam Rory Clewlow Chris Batten
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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