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.
See them standing in the foothills waiting for the kill
On wings of fear the terror sweeps into the city peace
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact
On wings of vengeance Taarna finds them
Death to barbarians
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact
Flying over the oasis she is captured and that boy fell down
Feeling (deee)
Close my eyes
And I am them
I feel I'm falling down in a deep dark hole
Put him down, the soldiers said
I'll put an arrow in his head
But the bird flew off instead
To save his master, on his back she fled
Her time has come
Riding the bird, high in the saddle
She gets a chance to fulfill the pact now
As the leader swoops from the clouds
She sticks him with the sword, then she throws him down
The enemy shrivel and die
The enemy shrivel and die
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact.
On wings of fear the terror sweeps into the city peace
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact
On wings of vengeance Taarna finds them
Death to barbarians
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact
Flying over the oasis she is captured and that boy fell down
Feeling (deee)
Close my eyes
And I am them
I feel I'm falling down in a deep dark hole
Put him down, the soldiers said
I'll put an arrow in his head
But the bird flew off instead
To save his master, on his back she fled
Her time has come
Riding the bird, high in the saddle
She gets a chance to fulfill the pact now
As the leader swoops from the clouds
She sticks him with the sword, then she throws him down
The enemy shrivel and die
The enemy shrivel and die
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact.
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Beautiful poetry. Well, beautiful not in the sweet gentle way but beautiful nevertheless.