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.
Scrape... Harder
Aftermath sets in on me
I am wretched, detestable, worthless
Compelled to comprehend the guilt
To forfeit everything for atonement
I'll hide away to fight the side that's screaming
What have you done?
And the other side that's fine with being
The bloodstained one
Myself against me, two darkened faces
Which one will win
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
I crawled and grasped for it
But still grace eludes me
I could have been the one to save us all
From forces raging
Instead I chose to fade and lost control
And now I'm paying
This agony is punishment for the choice I made
I've never felt so crushed beneath an overwhelming weight
Destroyed by misery, this aching disease
Torment deserved
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
Turn my hands to stone
God knows my heart's halfway there
Just take away my ability to kill
Alter my moral perception
Turn it upside down
I found a place to escape from (Two sides of sin)
Shed simulation to become (Two beasts within)
I'll take the pain and build four walls (Fortress of shame)
Lock me away for a just cause (Fucking dichotomy)
I can't erase the consequence of (Murderous rage)
I'll simply take myself away from (This ravaged place)
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
Aftermath sets in on me
I am wretched, detestable, worthless
Compelled to comprehend the guilt
To forfeit everything for atonement
I'll hide away to fight the side that's screaming
What have you done?
And the other side that's fine with being
The bloodstained one
Myself against me, two darkened faces
Which one will win
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
I crawled and grasped for it
But still grace eludes me
I could have been the one to save us all
From forces raging
Instead I chose to fade and lost control
And now I'm paying
This agony is punishment for the choice I made
I've never felt so crushed beneath an overwhelming weight
Destroyed by misery, this aching disease
Torment deserved
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
Turn my hands to stone
God knows my heart's halfway there
Just take away my ability to kill
Alter my moral perception
Turn it upside down
I found a place to escape from (Two sides of sin)
Shed simulation to become (Two beasts within)
I'll take the pain and build four walls (Fortress of shame)
Lock me away for a just cause (Fucking dichotomy)
I can't erase the consequence of (Murderous rage)
I'll simply take myself away from (This ravaged place)
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
Take this affliction of the heart
Dull these wounds of sorrow
Beg for attrition from remorse
My soul becomes so hollow
Lyrics submitted by Ashram
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