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.
Now you've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
When you were a young one
They tormented you
They could always find a way to make you feel ashamed
Now that you are older
Everything they put you through
Left you with an anger that just cannot be contained
So you spend every day of your life
Always searching for something to set
You on fire
Now you've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
Everywhere around you
You find reasons to
Turn into a warrior to protect what you believe
But you think their beliefs
Make them less than you
And that is a delusion that your sickness has conceived
Now you spend every day of your life
Always hoping that something will spark
That desire
Now you've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
Now you've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
You've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
When you were a young one
They tormented you
They could always find a way to make you feel ashamed
Now that you are older
Everything they put you through
Left you with an anger that just cannot be contained
So you spend every day of your life
Always searching for something to set
You on fire
Now you've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
Everywhere around you
You find reasons to
Turn into a warrior to protect what you believe
But you think their beliefs
Make them less than you
And that is a delusion that your sickness has conceived
Now you spend every day of your life
Always hoping that something will spark
That desire
Now you've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
Now you've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
You've become
Everything you claimed to fight
Through your need to feel you're right
You're the savior of nothing now
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by Ashram
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