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.
Dead of the night we go into the world unknown
Just let us go
I Know that I'm breathing slow, inhaling smoke I just awoke
A Bottle Of pills I'm choking down with dancing demons all around
But I'm hearing sounds, and I know I'm hearing voices now
With all the build they scratch you down, it's Armageddon again
I drink the poison from the crown and make a toast to the end
For all the kids and all the ones who need the sun
Who have just begun to feel the pain
Cause they have close the stairway
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
I saw you walking into a room
I saw a face I thought I knew
And all along it was true, it was me
It wasn't You
I asked myself if it was the truth, A guilty isn't proof
A finger print well what's that do
Cause gasoline can burn that to
So hide your knives and save yourself
It's just you there's no one else
Will I change, the time will tell
I can not dream what is this HELL
So maybe I should stop this time, And draw the line
And see the light
But it's to late I can't this time
I lost my mind to save the night
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
If I lay my head down would you admire
The I can close my eyes
And I have put my conscious for the choir
Who's to judge
Who's insane
Watch it all wash away
Save us trouble what we lived it
It doesn't die it only fades
If can't feel there isn't pain
Another day it's all the same
I always pray I never change
It seems to me we 're all to blame
Push your matches, Feel the rain
Burn This Fucking World the Same
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
Just let us go
I Know that I'm breathing slow, inhaling smoke I just awoke
A Bottle Of pills I'm choking down with dancing demons all around
But I'm hearing sounds, and I know I'm hearing voices now
With all the build they scratch you down, it's Armageddon again
I drink the poison from the crown and make a toast to the end
For all the kids and all the ones who need the sun
Who have just begun to feel the pain
Cause they have close the stairway
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
I saw you walking into a room
I saw a face I thought I knew
And all along it was true, it was me
It wasn't You
I asked myself if it was the truth, A guilty isn't proof
A finger print well what's that do
Cause gasoline can burn that to
So hide your knives and save yourself
It's just you there's no one else
Will I change, the time will tell
I can not dream what is this HELL
So maybe I should stop this time, And draw the line
And see the light
But it's to late I can't this time
I lost my mind to save the night
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
If I lay my head down would you admire
The I can close my eyes
And I have put my conscious for the choir
Who's to judge
Who's insane
Watch it all wash away
Save us trouble what we lived it
It doesn't die it only fades
If can't feel there isn't pain
Another day it's all the same
I always pray I never change
It seems to me we 're all to blame
Push your matches, Feel the rain
Burn This Fucking World the Same
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
I See the trees burn every time I fall a sleep
I lessen all my standards
We can't hide from birds that speak
That speaks inside of me
Lyrics submitted by afitch1206, edited by IllToast2That, MonsterKhaos, AutyoFaygo
Street Dreams Lyrics as written by Daniel Murillo Jorel Decker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Judgement Day maybe?