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.
Blind men escape from the sky
Condemned the Klok counts down
The ghost that's still alive
Infests your mind with fog
Venom spearing
Spells adhering
Sweating fearing
Madness takes you down
Down
Man dies he was stricken
With a scepter
In his hands clutching ancient script
Foretold of world's destruction
Blackened acid leaking from his lips
Night raven casts alarming shadows
Dwellers hide fearing ending times
A sharpened trident blessed by elder
Wizards
Not enough to quell the DETH
Tonight
Black cloud
Countdown
Oceans blood
Beasts drown
Lights dim
Moon dies
Earth's heart
Leaks life
They bow
Spare us of our sins
Spare us of our sins
Spare us of our sins
Too late now
The end it must begin
The story it has been
Alive within your skin
Bargain
Sacrifice our tribe
One will give their life
The youngest virgin soul
Deny
The frenzied panicking
Slaying our own king
Anarchistically
Chaos
The screaming coward filth
The family blood is spilled
Too scared to know the guilt
Farewell
The ending must arrive
The locusts come to thrive
No one will survive
Fire streams sear through the night
The demons bastard's rabid
The outstretched wings will dive
Entrap the weakened souls
Climbing through the sky
The warriors are charging
The last sight known to man
While the planet burns
Venom spearing
Spells adhering
Sweating fearing
Madness takes you down
Rejoin
It's darker
This time
Conclude it all
Rejoin
It's darker
This time
Conclude it all
Condemned the Klok counts down
The ghost that's still alive
Infests your mind with fog
Venom spearing
Spells adhering
Sweating fearing
Madness takes you down
Down
Man dies he was stricken
With a scepter
In his hands clutching ancient script
Foretold of world's destruction
Blackened acid leaking from his lips
Night raven casts alarming shadows
Dwellers hide fearing ending times
A sharpened trident blessed by elder
Wizards
Not enough to quell the DETH
Tonight
Black cloud
Countdown
Oceans blood
Beasts drown
Lights dim
Moon dies
Earth's heart
Leaks life
They bow
Spare us of our sins
Spare us of our sins
Spare us of our sins
Too late now
The end it must begin
The story it has been
Alive within your skin
Bargain
Sacrifice our tribe
One will give their life
The youngest virgin soul
Deny
The frenzied panicking
Slaying our own king
Anarchistically
Chaos
The screaming coward filth
The family blood is spilled
Too scared to know the guilt
Farewell
The ending must arrive
The locusts come to thrive
No one will survive
Fire streams sear through the night
The demons bastard's rabid
The outstretched wings will dive
Entrap the weakened souls
Climbing through the sky
The warriors are charging
The last sight known to man
While the planet burns
Venom spearing
Spells adhering
Sweating fearing
Madness takes you down
Rejoin
It's darker
This time
Conclude it all
Rejoin
It's darker
This time
Conclude it all
Lyrics submitted by Kingofstilport
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