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.
In primordial times of war
Gods and men, dragonlords
Fighting for a dead world
A black sun will scare us all
Gloomy past carved in hate
Ready to be back
It's my time, my chance to show
Who you are, who we are
Shade of human terror
May I cause the unborn's fall
Through new gates he will come
For the end of all
From empty shadows
Electric silence
In veiled reflections
Of one lonely sunshine
In the air my whispered name
In the air...
Now condemned to be insane
Evil born, you will drown
Swallowed by oblivion
Once to darkness I belonged
Deep inside, you're the same
Godforsaken soul
In my heart the angels' fate
In your name fear and pain
Violence and bloodshed
May the thunder's holy force
Pound in me, burn my sin
Storm once more
From empty shadows
Electric silence
In veiled reflections
Of one lonely sunshine
In the air my whispered name
[Chorus:]
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will burn to save
My world's unwritten fate
From quakes and volcanos
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will rise again
As tears of angels' pain
As cyclone, tornado again
[Guitar solo by Luca Turilli]
From empty shadows
Electric silence
In veiled reflections
Of one lonely sunshine
In the air my whispered name
[Chorus:]
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will burn to save
My world's unwritten fate
From quakes and volcanos
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will rise again
As tears of angels' pain
As cyclone, tornado again
Gods and men, dragonlords
Fighting for a dead world
A black sun will scare us all
Gloomy past carved in hate
Ready to be back
It's my time, my chance to show
Who you are, who we are
Shade of human terror
May I cause the unborn's fall
Through new gates he will come
For the end of all
From empty shadows
Electric silence
In veiled reflections
Of one lonely sunshine
In the air my whispered name
In the air...
Now condemned to be insane
Evil born, you will drown
Swallowed by oblivion
Once to darkness I belonged
Deep inside, you're the same
Godforsaken soul
In my heart the angels' fate
In your name fear and pain
Violence and bloodshed
May the thunder's holy force
Pound in me, burn my sin
Storm once more
From empty shadows
Electric silence
In veiled reflections
Of one lonely sunshine
In the air my whispered name
[Chorus:]
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will burn to save
My world's unwritten fate
From quakes and volcanos
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will rise again
As tears of angels' pain
As cyclone, tornado again
[Guitar solo by Luca Turilli]
From empty shadows
Electric silence
In veiled reflections
Of one lonely sunshine
In the air my whispered name
[Chorus:]
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will burn to save
My world's unwritten fate
From quakes and volcanos
Beyond the secrets of space colliding
In stellar fire I will rise again
As tears of angels' pain
As cyclone, tornado again
Lyrics submitted by Zadion
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