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.
Not saddened by the many that can't do their part
Not wanting to have any obligations of any sort
To see it as a blessing never to defrost
Too many thieving and at all costs
Freeze. I feel the ice run through my veins
and with a pain I can't ignore
I feel my eyes rip through my head
like a cold black storm
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
Unholy passion. Correctness eventually will wane.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
No false companions distracting
entitled to maintain my claim.
Imagine disrespecting acting like I'm cursed?
Believing, securing what is false
Obliged to take advantage and chasing it all to my own right passage
I'm inclined to create some damage
using it all to your disadvantage.
Freeze. I feel the ice run through my veins
and with a pain I can't ignore
I feel my eyes rip through my head
like a cold black storm
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
Unholy passion. Correctness eventually will wane.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
no false companions distracting
entitled to maintain my claim.
not saddened by the many,
not wanting to have any
not any disrespecting, not anything distracting
I take it as a blessing, not any of the thieving
I take it as a blessing
not saddened by the many.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
Unholy passion. Correctness eventually will wane.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
no false companions distracting
entitled to maintain my claim.
I feel the ice run through my veins
I feel the ice run through my veins
I feel the ice
I feel the ice
I feel the ice run through my veins
Not wanting to have any obligations of any sort
To see it as a blessing never to defrost
Too many thieving and at all costs
Freeze. I feel the ice run through my veins
and with a pain I can't ignore
I feel my eyes rip through my head
like a cold black storm
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
Unholy passion. Correctness eventually will wane.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
No false companions distracting
entitled to maintain my claim.
Imagine disrespecting acting like I'm cursed?
Believing, securing what is false
Obliged to take advantage and chasing it all to my own right passage
I'm inclined to create some damage
using it all to your disadvantage.
Freeze. I feel the ice run through my veins
and with a pain I can't ignore
I feel my eyes rip through my head
like a cold black storm
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
Unholy passion. Correctness eventually will wane.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
no false companions distracting
entitled to maintain my claim.
not saddened by the many,
not wanting to have any
not any disrespecting, not anything distracting
I take it as a blessing, not any of the thieving
I take it as a blessing
not saddened by the many.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
Unholy passion. Correctness eventually will wane.
With no compassion.
I feel the ice run through my veins
no false companions distracting
entitled to maintain my claim.
I feel the ice run through my veins
I feel the ice run through my veins
I feel the ice
I feel the ice
I feel the ice run through my veins
Lyrics submitted by sinrise
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