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.
"It's quite an experience
to hold the hand of someone
as they move
from living to dead."
"Final Exit...
The practicalities
of self-deliverance"
Final Exit
Your Life no longer
has any value
Let them tell you what your
own life is worth
There is no compassion
as life fades away
This self deliverance the choice
you have made
Contemplate your last breath
As you see the face of death
Contemplate your last breath
Breath, slowly breath
Final Exit
The pain in your life
I cannot perceive
Crimes of humanity
I see and believe
Contemplate your last breath
As you see the face of death
Contemplate your last breath
Breath, slowly breath
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
"It's quite an experience
to hold the hand of someone
as they move
from living to dead."
Like the knife
that cuts through me
Stabbing uncertainty
It bleeds my life I know
Draining my heart and soul...
Like the knife
that cuts through me
Stabbing uncertainty
It bleeds my life I know
Draining my heart and soul...
my soul, my soul, my soul...
(goodbye, goodbye...)
Contemplate your last breath
Breath, slowly breath
Goodbye, goodbye...
to hold the hand of someone
as they move
from living to dead."
"Final Exit...
The practicalities
of self-deliverance"
Final Exit
Your Life no longer
has any value
Let them tell you what your
own life is worth
There is no compassion
as life fades away
This self deliverance the choice
you have made
Contemplate your last breath
As you see the face of death
Contemplate your last breath
Breath, slowly breath
Final Exit
The pain in your life
I cannot perceive
Crimes of humanity
I see and believe
Contemplate your last breath
As you see the face of death
Contemplate your last breath
Breath, slowly breath
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
"It's quite an experience
to hold the hand of someone
as they move
from living to dead."
Like the knife
that cuts through me
Stabbing uncertainty
It bleeds my life I know
Draining my heart and soul...
Like the knife
that cuts through me
Stabbing uncertainty
It bleeds my life I know
Draining my heart and soul...
my soul, my soul, my soul...
(goodbye, goodbye...)
Contemplate your last breath
Breath, slowly breath
Goodbye, goodbye...
Lyrics submitted by ZDLR my idol!
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"Final Exit... The practicalities of self-deliverance"
Is directly from this book finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php
I could be way off but this song is certainly from my view point about suicide. Not sure if it's about assisted suicide tho.
The indications showing that it could be assisted suicide would be the quote in the middle of the song "It's quite an experience to hold the hand of someone as they move from living to dead."
As that being the voice of the person doing the action. It's a very powerful song and I could see it having a very heavy meaning for many outside of the concept.
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"it's quite an experience to hold the hand of someone as they move from living to dead" does indeed come from a book by journalist Derek Humphry. The full title is "Final Exit: The Art of Self-Deliverence from a Terminal Illness". So the song IS, in fact, about assisted suicide and the lyrics say as much.