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.
Man becomes his god, before the last grows cold
Shimmering in golden light, dead amongst all false idols
Behold the head of abandon
Eyes that stare and tell of revolt
Against the choirs of eternal servitude
And light the way to freedom
Through the studded gateway to morning stars
Flooding the depths of hope with blood as we march with haste to ancient lands
Stalking our sigil, a goat`s head lament, into the soil as a thorn with flesh
Embrace undoing
Creation reversed
So spake the oracle of demise
Anti-divine enthrallment
And the world dares to scorn
For aeons man has dreamt of the stars
And aspired to reach those gods of the night
Cosmic light has all but waned
On this night, like no other before
We are drawing down the stars
And the world bares the scorn
Shimmering in golden light, dead amongst all false idols
Behold the head of abandon
Eyes that stare and tell of revolt
Against the choirs of eternal servitude
And light the way to freedom
Through the studded gateway to morning stars
Flooding the depths of hope with blood as we march with haste to ancient lands
Stalking our sigil, a goat`s head lament, into the soil as a thorn with flesh
Embrace undoing
Creation reversed
So spake the oracle of demise
Anti-divine enthrallment
And the world dares to scorn
For aeons man has dreamt of the stars
And aspired to reach those gods of the night
Cosmic light has all but waned
On this night, like no other before
We are drawing down the stars
And the world bares the scorn
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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