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.
There's a darkness I see
a premonition in me
The black love that you seek
will be abducted in dreams
Oh but oh oh tread slow
don't go keep your head about
Don't close your affairs
Don't count your shares
Just let this thing play out
don't intervene
It's plain to see
the end will simply be
All the sound all the sound
Carries round carries round
All the sound all the sound
Carries round carries round
Leave it be
Leave it be
It's got nothing to with you wasting your time
oh oh oh oh
You should forget what you know and just take my advice
oh oh oh
I see a beast on a mountain
So hard to tell he's concealing his horns
a wicked beast on a mountain
He will entice with the spells of his scorn
decrepit world lacking beauty
He wants what you used to have
Collect the debt in his prison
and immortality will greet him
It's so hard for you see
that these things will come to be
It's so hard for me to speak
of these things
Don't go
Don't go
It's got nothing to do with you wasting your time
You should forget what you know and just take my advice
It's got nothing to do with you wasting your time
oh oh oh
you should forget what you know and just take my advice
oh oh oh
Don't go I can see it all so clearly
I can see it all so well
please believe the words I tell you and don't go
a premonition in me
The black love that you seek
will be abducted in dreams
Oh but oh oh tread slow
don't go keep your head about
Don't close your affairs
Don't count your shares
Just let this thing play out
don't intervene
It's plain to see
the end will simply be
All the sound all the sound
Carries round carries round
All the sound all the sound
Carries round carries round
Leave it be
Leave it be
It's got nothing to with you wasting your time
oh oh oh oh
You should forget what you know and just take my advice
oh oh oh
I see a beast on a mountain
So hard to tell he's concealing his horns
a wicked beast on a mountain
He will entice with the spells of his scorn
decrepit world lacking beauty
He wants what you used to have
Collect the debt in his prison
and immortality will greet him
It's so hard for you see
that these things will come to be
It's so hard for me to speak
of these things
Don't go
Don't go
It's got nothing to do with you wasting your time
You should forget what you know and just take my advice
It's got nothing to do with you wasting your time
oh oh oh
you should forget what you know and just take my advice
oh oh oh
Don't go I can see it all so clearly
I can see it all so well
please believe the words I tell you and don't go
Lyrics submitted by alexda
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