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.
It’s controlling you
Shut it out
Shut it out
Shut it out before it owns you
The pressure has you man
You’re lost disfigured in yourself
The voices haunt and make your thoughts into your own hell
Shut it out
Shut it out
Shut it out before it owns you
Shut it out
Shut it out
Shut it out before it owns you
So get your shit together
You’re fucked up beyond repair
It’s just a voice inside your brain
(I’m everything)
I’m everything you want to hide
I thrive off self-defeat
I need it please
I’ll give you a thousand reasons
Kneel down
Stay down
Stay down because I own you
Kneel down
Stay down
Don’t shut me out because I own you
There’s something wrong
There’s something wrong here
Something needs to be done
There’s something wrong
There’s something wrong here
So take control and send those thoughts
Into your own hell
So take those thoughts into your own hell
Take those thoughts into your own hell
(Hell)
It’s controlling you
You
It’s controlling you
You
You’re controlling you
You
You’re controlling
It’s controlling you
Shut it out
Shut it out
Shut it out before it owns you
The pressure has you man
You’re lost disfigured in yourself
The voices haunt and make your thoughts into your own hell
Shut it out
Shut it out
Shut it out before it owns you
Shut it out
Shut it out
Shut it out before it owns you
So get your shit together
You’re fucked up beyond repair
It’s just a voice inside your brain
(I’m everything)
I’m everything you want to hide
I thrive off self-defeat
I need it please
I’ll give you a thousand reasons
Kneel down
Stay down
Stay down because I own you
Kneel down
Stay down
Don’t shut me out because I own you
There’s something wrong
There’s something wrong here
Something needs to be done
There’s something wrong
There’s something wrong here
So take control and send those thoughts
Into your own hell
So take those thoughts into your own hell
Take those thoughts into your own hell
(Hell)
It’s controlling you
You
It’s controlling you
You
You’re controlling you
You
You’re controlling
It’s controlling you
Lyrics submitted by static111
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