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.
You're never awake
Though you don't seem to sleep at all
Those stolen flowers inside your guts
Will take you away
Steady the hand that lays the child to bed
Barbitals and decay
The crown and the anchor
You'll curse at the sky
Three words for which the boys have no names
How many beasts in the night
To take you away
What quivers and shakes?
What fills your stomach and clogs your veins?
Whose claws do scratch at your wooden limbs?
And tear you away
Steady the hand that lays the dogs to rest
Barbitals and decay
The crown and the anchor
We will never sleep
We will never wake
We will drift away
We will never sleep
We will never wake
We will drift away
Though you don't seem to sleep at all
Those stolen flowers inside your guts
Will take you away
Steady the hand that lays the child to bed
Barbitals and decay
The crown and the anchor
You'll curse at the sky
Three words for which the boys have no names
How many beasts in the night
To take you away
What quivers and shakes?
What fills your stomach and clogs your veins?
Whose claws do scratch at your wooden limbs?
And tear you away
Steady the hand that lays the dogs to rest
Barbitals and decay
The crown and the anchor
We will never sleep
We will never wake
We will drift away
We will never sleep
We will never wake
We will drift away
Lyrics submitted by Jprnotld87
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