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.
A silencer
Unimaginable power
Life force extractors
Just you wait until they come,
for us all for what we've done.
Unholy beasts
The sound they make are the last thing we hear,
gripping our souls tight with horrid fear
They tear us apart
How could something so calm be bad,
we never had a chance
No more dreams
No more life
No more pain
No more strife
Simple irrelevant human beings,
Die quickly as they sing.
Like sirens singing they're seductive songs,
or gods playing strings unstrung
Cold drone voiceless chords
Tear through flesh like psychic sport.
Humans are now the prey
No more pain after today
They sing their song and the world falls still,
quiet and silent forever at their will
divinità adirate,
the wrathful deities
Luminescent creatures of light
Soul stealers in the night
Extra dimensional beings
Silenced screams
Hear them sing
Our planet wasn't the target
Our resources are irrelevant
Air trees water and animals nothing
They came for only one mammal
This wasn't just my dream
I see now it was a warning
Now I know what it meant
The energy that they need
The energy is human beings
Unimaginable power
Life force extractors
Just you wait until they come,
for us all for what we've done.
Unholy beasts
The sound they make are the last thing we hear,
gripping our souls tight with horrid fear
They tear us apart
How could something so calm be bad,
we never had a chance
No more dreams
No more life
No more pain
No more strife
Simple irrelevant human beings,
Die quickly as they sing.
Like sirens singing they're seductive songs,
or gods playing strings unstrung
Cold drone voiceless chords
Tear through flesh like psychic sport.
Humans are now the prey
No more pain after today
They sing their song and the world falls still,
quiet and silent forever at their will
divinità adirate,
the wrathful deities
Luminescent creatures of light
Soul stealers in the night
Extra dimensional beings
Silenced screams
Hear them sing
Our planet wasn't the target
Our resources are irrelevant
Air trees water and animals nothing
They came for only one mammal
This wasn't just my dream
I see now it was a warning
Now I know what it meant
The energy that they need
The energy is human beings
Lyrics submitted by surivra
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