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.
Well it's hope, it's hope, that has me staring to the burning sky
I know, I know, there's something hidden, on the other side
I woke, I woke with such a feeling I could never rise
Now I'm gazing skyward till the sun just burned me blind
Burned me blind, burned me blind
Burned me blind, burned me blind
Well, one drank up the holy water hoping for a light
While another slipped a sewing bodkin right inside his eye
And they ran out from the city calling, collecting salts and lye
Crack and crush it, burn it maybe baby, find the God inside
God inside, God inside, yeah
God inside, God inside
We know there's something to which we're blind
'Cause it's hope that pulls us forward till we die
Ollie ollie oxen free, come out from where you hide
Tell me, tell me what you want from me, I promise I'll provide
I'll drink your poison, keep you company, serve you till I die
Come on, crack Pandora's Box for me, blind me with the light
With the light, with the light, come on
With the light, with the light
Learn the language of our Holy Fathers, retrace their sacred rites
Plot and chart the arc of Halley's Comet floating through the night
I drain my blood until my chalky body feels closer to the sky
I dance upon the edge of death just to prove that I'm alive
I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah
I'm alive, I'm alive
We know there's something to which we're blind
'Cause it's hope that pulls us forward till we die
I know, I know, there's something hidden, on the other side
I woke, I woke with such a feeling I could never rise
Now I'm gazing skyward till the sun just burned me blind
Burned me blind, burned me blind
Burned me blind, burned me blind
Well, one drank up the holy water hoping for a light
While another slipped a sewing bodkin right inside his eye
And they ran out from the city calling, collecting salts and lye
Crack and crush it, burn it maybe baby, find the God inside
God inside, God inside, yeah
God inside, God inside
We know there's something to which we're blind
'Cause it's hope that pulls us forward till we die
Ollie ollie oxen free, come out from where you hide
Tell me, tell me what you want from me, I promise I'll provide
I'll drink your poison, keep you company, serve you till I die
Come on, crack Pandora's Box for me, blind me with the light
With the light, with the light, come on
With the light, with the light
Learn the language of our Holy Fathers, retrace their sacred rites
Plot and chart the arc of Halley's Comet floating through the night
I drain my blood until my chalky body feels closer to the sky
I dance upon the edge of death just to prove that I'm alive
I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah
I'm alive, I'm alive
We know there's something to which we're blind
'Cause it's hope that pulls us forward till we die
Lyrics submitted by legislacerator
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