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.
(We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight...
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight...
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo)
Neon lights glisten off the streets
The moonlight swallowed up
By breathing electricity
Salvation hovers in the sky
Dream of a life inside
While we escape just to survive
Let go, take flight
Dreams begin to reignite
So clear, so bright
We're glowing in the dead of night
Plug in, online
The datastream linking our minds
Circuits entwined
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
We're made of flesh, circuit, and bone
The only world we've known
These empty streets we walk alone
Salvation blocking out the sun
Beneath its shadow cast
I dream with my Aphelion
Let go, take flight
Dreams begin to reignite
So clear, so bright
We're glowing in the dead of night
Plug in, online
The datastream linking our minds
Circuits entwined
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
A new hope glistens off the streets
Rainfall washes away the memories in binary
Salvation bathes us in its glow
We look up to the sky
And dream of Neo-Tokyo
Let go, take flight
Dreams begin to reignite
So clear, so bright
We're glowing in the dead of night
Plug in, online
The datastream linking our minds
Circuits entwined
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
(We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight...)
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight...
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo)
Neon lights glisten off the streets
The moonlight swallowed up
By breathing electricity
Salvation hovers in the sky
Dream of a life inside
While we escape just to survive
Let go, take flight
Dreams begin to reignite
So clear, so bright
We're glowing in the dead of night
Plug in, online
The datastream linking our minds
Circuits entwined
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
We're made of flesh, circuit, and bone
The only world we've known
These empty streets we walk alone
Salvation blocking out the sun
Beneath its shadow cast
I dream with my Aphelion
Let go, take flight
Dreams begin to reignite
So clear, so bright
We're glowing in the dead of night
Plug in, online
The datastream linking our minds
Circuits entwined
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
A new hope glistens off the streets
Rainfall washes away the memories in binary
Salvation bathes us in its glow
We look up to the sky
And dream of Neo-Tokyo
Let go, take flight
Dreams begin to reignite
So clear, so bright
We're glowing in the dead of night
Plug in, online
The datastream linking our minds
Circuits entwined
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
(We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight...)
We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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