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.
Give it all back to the animals
No one is gonna deliver us
Give it all back to the animals
No one is gonna deliver us
Give it all back to the animals
No one is gonna deliver us
Give it back
Give it back
Give it back
All the wrong people are gone
All the wrong people are gone
Why would God be in a godless swamp
All the wrong people are gone
Down here they eat, fuck, and ravage
A new breed of white, ancient savage
Wicked men with cross in hand
Praying for bodies to scavenge
A prison ship of bloat and rot
They can't just have, we must have not
Dark red speck
Colossal wreck
The ark crashes into the rocks
The fragile are broken and smothered
Children are torn from their mothers
The dumb and cruel establish rule
Life is how sinners are punished
Ow
Don't let them out, let me in
They're burning a witch
Burning a witch
Came for the kill
Never left
Son of a bitch
Son of a bitch
Son of a bitch
I'm calling it quits
I should have been baptized
Deaths perfect shine is in my eyes
Now I'm just killing time
Until time decides I've had enough
We must have not
I should have been baptized
Deaths perfect shine is in my eyes
Now I'm just killing time
Until time decides I've had enough
No one is gonna deliver us
Give it all back to the animals
No one is gonna deliver us
Give it all back to the animals
No one is gonna deliver us
Give it back
Give it back
Give it back
All the wrong people are gone
All the wrong people are gone
Why would God be in a godless swamp
All the wrong people are gone
Down here they eat, fuck, and ravage
A new breed of white, ancient savage
Wicked men with cross in hand
Praying for bodies to scavenge
A prison ship of bloat and rot
They can't just have, we must have not
Dark red speck
Colossal wreck
The ark crashes into the rocks
The fragile are broken and smothered
Children are torn from their mothers
The dumb and cruel establish rule
Life is how sinners are punished
Ow
Don't let them out, let me in
They're burning a witch
Burning a witch
Came for the kill
Never left
Son of a bitch
Son of a bitch
Son of a bitch
I'm calling it quits
I should have been baptized
Deaths perfect shine is in my eyes
Now I'm just killing time
Until time decides I've had enough
We must have not
I should have been baptized
Deaths perfect shine is in my eyes
Now I'm just killing time
Until time decides I've had enough
Lyrics submitted by furyroad97
A Colossal Wreck Lyrics as written by Jordan Buckley Andrew Williams
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