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.
This is a war we can't win
After 10,000 years, it's still us against them
And my heroes have always died at the end
So who's going to account for these sins?
And I don't know who here is my friend
Well, I'm certain that I've seen uglier men
Christ, fuck me if I can remember when
Will I never be lonely again?
Well the tides are a-turnin' once more
Six dark-winged devils line up at my door
Each one is more evil than that which came before
Seven angels find me spread across the floor
You'd like everyone to believe you're a star
And I'll admit that it's worked out pretty well so far
But when they see the kind of person that you really are
Then you won't be laughing so hard
No, you won't be laughing so hard!
No, you won't be laughing
You won't be laughing
No, you won't be laughing
You won't be laughing
No, you won't be laughing
You won't be laughing
No, you won't be laughing so hard
"We're all depraved and disgusting" I spew like a fountain
"And debased, defaced, disgraced and destroyed
Most of all disappointed" I say atop this mountain
As I urinate into the void
Fuck I'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce
Would you help me, I'm hungry, I suffer and I starve
Oh I struggle and I stammer 'till I'm up to my ears
In miserable quote unquote art
About how ever since our forefathers came on this land
We've been coddling those we should be running through
Please don't wait around for them to come and shake hands
They're not gonna be waiting for you
'Cause these humans treat humans like humans treat hogs
They get used up, coughed up, and fried in a pan
But I wasn't born to die like a dog
I was born to die just like a man
I was born to die just like a man!
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
Still us against them
And they're winning
They're winning
After 10,000 years, it's still us against them
And my heroes have always died at the end
So who's going to account for these sins?
And I don't know who here is my friend
Well, I'm certain that I've seen uglier men
Christ, fuck me if I can remember when
Will I never be lonely again?
Well the tides are a-turnin' once more
Six dark-winged devils line up at my door
Each one is more evil than that which came before
Seven angels find me spread across the floor
You'd like everyone to believe you're a star
And I'll admit that it's worked out pretty well so far
But when they see the kind of person that you really are
Then you won't be laughing so hard
No, you won't be laughing so hard!
No, you won't be laughing
You won't be laughing
No, you won't be laughing
You won't be laughing
No, you won't be laughing
You won't be laughing
No, you won't be laughing so hard
"We're all depraved and disgusting" I spew like a fountain
"And debased, defaced, disgraced and destroyed
Most of all disappointed" I say atop this mountain
As I urinate into the void
Fuck I'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce
Would you help me, I'm hungry, I suffer and I starve
Oh I struggle and I stammer 'till I'm up to my ears
In miserable quote unquote art
About how ever since our forefathers came on this land
We've been coddling those we should be running through
Please don't wait around for them to come and shake hands
They're not gonna be waiting for you
'Cause these humans treat humans like humans treat hogs
They get used up, coughed up, and fried in a pan
But I wasn't born to die like a dog
I was born to die just like a man
I was born to die just like a man!
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
It's still us against them
Still us against them
And they're winning
They're winning
Lyrics submitted by worsethansex, edited by stasz92, elcalebo
Four Score and Seven Lyrics as written by Patrick Stickles
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Correct lyrics are here:
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seven angels find me spread across the floor
that whole verse/stanza/whatever is pretty amazing
"You'd like everyone to believe your a star"
In the second part of the song, I believe the correct lyric is, "In miserable quote unquote 'art.'"
wrong.
Right. Read the liner notes.
Shit, I just voted your comment up and mine down somehow.<br /> Point is, the line says "art"
Anybody know if the consistent use of the "born to die" is in response to Springsteen or just something they came up with themselves? It's used in the first song on the album (A More Perfect Union) as well. I'm guessing it's half and half.
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I'd imagine it's half and half. Plus, it fits with the motif of the album being about a breakup - "tramps like us, baby we were born to run" is in a song about getting together with a girl and that feeling you can do whatever you damn well please together, so the "born to die" idea makes sense for a relationship that has ended.
He's a huge Springsteen fan, so I'm pretty sure it's a reference. In fact, he quotes two of his favorites back-to-back in that line from "A More Perfect Union": "I never wanted to change the world; I'm just looking for a new New Jersey" is borrowed from Billy Bragg's line in "A New England": "I don't want to change the world, I'm not looking for a New England, I'm just looking for another girl." And then of course "'cause tramps like us, baby we were born to die."
the correct line is "i'm certain i've seen uglier men" not "only men"
"This is a war we can't win After 10,000 years, it's still us against them And my heroes have always died at the end So who's going to account for these sins?
Cause these humans treat humans like humans treat hogs They get used up, coughed up, and fried in a pan But I wasn't born to die like a dog, I was born to die just like a man its still us against them"
i feel like its about the fight against good and evil. He's frustrated with how often good people get screwed over
I feel like it's half that, and half just about boys and girls. Us and them refers to "us" the good guys and "them" the bad guys, but also "us" just as guys and "them" just as girls.