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.
Picadors at Babylon
You are my Zion
Pace of the tiger
The keeper's cage
Invisible light
Shoots from your eyes
A sign I can see from my high rise
Another castle crumbles
Another monkey falls
Just open up your joy
Let the sailors climb the walls
I thought I saw you laughing
Ten feet in the air
It doesn't matter where they touch you
Where they cut you can't get me
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
Nothing on the Internet
Can feel it with a fingers in my mind
Opiate Utopia
Is harder by the hour
I found you a flower
In a field
In my invention
Among the tired among the poor
Among the broken, the huddled masses
Its your time
You answer to a new name
That changes all the time
I'll call you anything you want
If I say it's mine
The story's never ending
My footprints been erased
Here you are, kiss of evil
See your mouth, or is it really
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light I want
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
Something in the fifth dimension
Cant you feel it
Can't you feel it bend your sense of time
Babylon,
Where bricks of water and diamonds tower,
Sailor's lust and swagger
Lazing in the moon's beams,
Who's laser gaze penetrates this sparkling theater
Of excess and strobed lights,
Painted whores.
Sexual gladiators.
Fiercely old party children.
All waked from their slumber to debut the Baccara.
Come to the light!
Into the light!
The invisible light
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light I want
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light I want
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
You are my Zion
Pace of the tiger
The keeper's cage
Invisible light
Shoots from your eyes
A sign I can see from my high rise
Another castle crumbles
Another monkey falls
Just open up your joy
Let the sailors climb the walls
I thought I saw you laughing
Ten feet in the air
It doesn't matter where they touch you
Where they cut you can't get me
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
Nothing on the Internet
Can feel it with a fingers in my mind
Opiate Utopia
Is harder by the hour
I found you a flower
In a field
In my invention
Among the tired among the poor
Among the broken, the huddled masses
Its your time
You answer to a new name
That changes all the time
I'll call you anything you want
If I say it's mine
The story's never ending
My footprints been erased
Here you are, kiss of evil
See your mouth, or is it really
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light I want
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
Something in the fifth dimension
Cant you feel it
Can't you feel it bend your sense of time
Babylon,
Where bricks of water and diamonds tower,
Sailor's lust and swagger
Lazing in the moon's beams,
Who's laser gaze penetrates this sparkling theater
Of excess and strobed lights,
Painted whores.
Sexual gladiators.
Fiercely old party children.
All waked from their slumber to debut the Baccara.
Come to the light!
Into the light!
The invisible light
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light I want
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light
An invisible light I want
An invisible light
An invisible light oh oh
An invisible light to keep me alive up oh oh
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@carcrashkiss I agree it's their best song. What I want to know is who wrote it. I accept that it references The Neverending Story but I want to know what all the other references are pertaining to Babylon and Zion. The Wikipedia entry for the song tells about how the video was influenced by movies, but doesn't say anything about the song meaning or who wrote it.
Cant help but point out the reference to "Neverending story" by Michael Ende:
Will you answer to a new name? It changes all the time I'll call you anything you want If I can say it's mine The story's never-ending Our footprint's been erased
It seems to be about The Neverending story and how Moonchild keeps her kingdom together with her ''invisible light''. Maybe they call it that way because it's the opposite of The Nothing, which is described as ''it's like you're blind when you look into it''.
Will you answer to a new name? It changes all the time I’ll call you anything you want If I can say it’s mine The story’s never-ending Our footprint’s been erased
and
I thought I saw you laughing Ten feet in the air Doesn’t matter if they touch you where they cut you Can you give me
An invisible light To keep me alive Electric all the tension I can feel it with the fingers in my mind