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.
Locked in a perpetual hyper sleep
A constant state of dreaming
You cannot erase my memory
Nothing but a ghost within the machine
Systems online, resume operations
Upload mission directive
Calibrate infrared visuals
Again I am awoken
I am a weapon of global reformation
Ending life, mechanical and precise
Cold and calculated devastation
You will see the world burn before your eyes
Coordinates received; set course for Earth
Navigating the outer realm
Traversing solar flares
You will watch the world burn
Locked in perpetual hyper sleep
A constant state of dreaming
You will never be able to erase my memory
Locked in a celestial dance
Apparition of death, never known or seen
I am but a ghost in the machine
Your legacy will be removed
The silence rings throughout eternity
Trapped within an ever expanding universe, there is nowhere to hide
Drawn to the surface
Carrying the ghosts of worlds past
A mechanism of desolation
The only certainty is extinction
The balance must be kept
Widen the frequencies
The promised fourth dimensional shift is complete
I am no saviour
I am the harbinger of death hibernating in the vacant cold
Sights locked, target engaged, the restoration process will be complete
Your legacy will be removed
Trapped within an ever expanding universe, there is nowhere to hide
I am no saviour
A constant state of dreaming
You cannot erase my memory
Nothing but a ghost within the machine
Systems online, resume operations
Upload mission directive
Calibrate infrared visuals
Again I am awoken
I am a weapon of global reformation
Ending life, mechanical and precise
Cold and calculated devastation
You will see the world burn before your eyes
Coordinates received; set course for Earth
Navigating the outer realm
Traversing solar flares
You will watch the world burn
Locked in perpetual hyper sleep
A constant state of dreaming
You will never be able to erase my memory
Locked in a celestial dance
Apparition of death, never known or seen
I am but a ghost in the machine
Your legacy will be removed
The silence rings throughout eternity
Trapped within an ever expanding universe, there is nowhere to hide
Drawn to the surface
Carrying the ghosts of worlds past
A mechanism of desolation
The only certainty is extinction
The balance must be kept
Widen the frequencies
The promised fourth dimensional shift is complete
I am no saviour
I am the harbinger of death hibernating in the vacant cold
Sights locked, target engaged, the restoration process will be complete
Your legacy will be removed
Trapped within an ever expanding universe, there is nowhere to hide
I am no saviour
Lyrics submitted by TeamAlphaDoG
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