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.
From the waste land
Cold steel under my wasteband
Hazardous times
Enemy lines drawn in the middle the streets
The concrete's stained with blood
I still got to eat
When i hit the street i made the man understand
I fought with flesh and i bled like a man
I rode that edge of darkness my friend
Stood up to the enemy so life could begin
You know you got to
Back the fuck up x5
(Back up off of me)
back up of off me
Off of me x3
Back up back up
Traces of ignorance
Offense of hatred
The faces change in the same old places
Dark nights and lost souls
Collide to cross those
The line between a death and dream
I never wanted to lead your leash
To pull aroud your ton of grief
I'll come back with a fist of lead
To educate your mind with a blow to your head
You know you got to
Back the fuck up x5
(Back up off of me)
Back up of off me
Off of me x3
Don't let the time pass waitin' for the answer
You are exposed to all of the danger! x4
You are exposed to all of the danger! x4
Danger! x3
You know you got to
Back the fuck up x5
(Back up off of me)
Back up of off me
Off of me x3
Don't let the time pass waitin' for the answer x5
Cold steel under my wasteband
Hazardous times
Enemy lines drawn in the middle the streets
The concrete's stained with blood
I still got to eat
When i hit the street i made the man understand
I fought with flesh and i bled like a man
I rode that edge of darkness my friend
Stood up to the enemy so life could begin
You know you got to
Back the fuck up x5
(Back up off of me)
back up of off me
Off of me x3
Back up back up
Traces of ignorance
Offense of hatred
The faces change in the same old places
Dark nights and lost souls
Collide to cross those
The line between a death and dream
I never wanted to lead your leash
To pull aroud your ton of grief
I'll come back with a fist of lead
To educate your mind with a blow to your head
You know you got to
Back the fuck up x5
(Back up off of me)
Back up of off me
Off of me x3
Don't let the time pass waitin' for the answer
You are exposed to all of the danger! x4
You are exposed to all of the danger! x4
Danger! x3
You know you got to
Back the fuck up x5
(Back up off of me)
Back up of off me
Off of me x3
Don't let the time pass waitin' for the answer x5
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