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.
Tell me why we go to war, too many gods
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
Tell me why we go to war, too many gods
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
It's just too many laws
Misfits, too many wars
Battle scars, too many spores
Knight in shining armor, such a pretty whore
Strange screams down the corridors
Divide, conquer, call it yours
Another false prophet's on the thrones
Had a dream I woke up a king in a peasant body
Killed my pride, I felt less embodied
Still inside, writing papers
Flying ravens with a message 'bout me
On my knees like I'm rectifying
Hand on my heart like I'm testifying
Want the beef, I go prime on it
Fuck a king, I turn God on it
Tell me why we go to war, too many gods
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
Tell me why we go to war, too many gods
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
Uh, head start
Sword so sharp, take his head apart (mm, mm, ayy)
Ready for war, I grew up with soldiers like Ned Stark (yeah)
Drinking my name in the dirt and I'll bury 'em
Playing with fire but I'm not no Targaryen
Dire Wolves with me, these ain't no Siberians
What's a king to a God? Ain't no comparing them
Bent the flow harder, Valyrian steel
Nobody move or somebody get killed
I got the pole, aim my scope at his head
Look in his eyes and he knew he was dead
This ain't no Dunleavey but he be said
I pray to God but who pray for the kid?
Life is too short to be living in fear
'Specially when you know winter is here
Uh
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
Tell me why we go to war, too many gods
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
It's just too many laws
Misfits, too many wars
Battle scars, too many spores
Knight in shining armor, such a pretty whore
Strange screams down the corridors
Divide, conquer, call it yours
Another false prophet's on the thrones
Had a dream I woke up a king in a peasant body
Killed my pride, I felt less embodied
Still inside, writing papers
Flying ravens with a message 'bout me
On my knees like I'm rectifying
Hand on my heart like I'm testifying
Want the beef, I go prime on it
Fuck a king, I turn God on it
Tell me why we go to war, too many gods
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
Tell me why we go to war, too many gods
Tell me what we praying for, too many gods
Feel like things will never change, I swear to God
Sometimes I wonder if God ever prays for me (ooh)
Uh, head start
Sword so sharp, take his head apart (mm, mm, ayy)
Ready for war, I grew up with soldiers like Ned Stark (yeah)
Drinking my name in the dirt and I'll bury 'em
Playing with fire but I'm not no Targaryen
Dire Wolves with me, these ain't no Siberians
What's a king to a God? Ain't no comparing them
Bent the flow harder, Valyrian steel
Nobody move or somebody get killed
I got the pole, aim my scope at his head
Look in his eyes and he knew he was dead
This ain't no Dunleavey but he be said
I pray to God but who pray for the kid?
Life is too short to be living in fear
'Specially when you know winter is here
Uh
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Too Many Gods Lyrics as written by Jo-vaughn Scott Eric Frederic
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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