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.
1, 2, fuck this place up.
We turn desire to fire electric spark to the wire
Highered the stakes when we brought this monster
Life prevail by daring to fail others content just to sail
Hail the future we bring
We bring chaos to blocks like riots to watts blow up spots
Taking the crown off the top notch
Create the pace that you all will follow
Sporadic flow buckles up like a calico
We do smoke sensmilla vodka and see-O-K-E is the real deal
You flubber, never had to suffer
Life's gettin harder and it's only getting rougher
Save some for me can't stop what were going to be
[Chorus]
Walk with me and take this seed a fire for you so dare to fail will you
When my pen hits pad it results in catastrophe
Words and verbs come to form a disaster
If you want it, you got it never hit I spot it
Now come and watch me rise
All the tools, that blew more money than Latrell
You tell, I don't know you think I know you too well you fell
And stumbled laughin' as you tumbled
I guess you forgot about the power we rock
'Cause "all hate the" Machine Head battery
The good, the bad, the ugly
Damaging your battery yeah you been fucked stuck in a rut
Your life has been sucked your tail has been tucked
Save some for me can't stop what were going to be
Just watch as as I demonstrate the reason we dominate
[Chorus]
If we stand alone and believe it all and you tell me it's all I believe in
Yes we stand alone and believe it all if you tell me it's all we believe in
Because we we'll chew and spit you out
And pray upon the weaker
Take what we want
[Chorus]
We turn desire to fire electric spark to the wire
Highered the stakes when we brought this monster
Life prevail by daring to fail others content just to sail
Hail the future we bring
We bring chaos to blocks like riots to watts blow up spots
Taking the crown off the top notch
Create the pace that you all will follow
Sporadic flow buckles up like a calico
We do smoke sensmilla vodka and see-O-K-E is the real deal
You flubber, never had to suffer
Life's gettin harder and it's only getting rougher
Save some for me can't stop what were going to be
[Chorus]
Walk with me and take this seed a fire for you so dare to fail will you
When my pen hits pad it results in catastrophe
Words and verbs come to form a disaster
If you want it, you got it never hit I spot it
Now come and watch me rise
All the tools, that blew more money than Latrell
You tell, I don't know you think I know you too well you fell
And stumbled laughin' as you tumbled
I guess you forgot about the power we rock
'Cause "all hate the" Machine Head battery
The good, the bad, the ugly
Damaging your battery yeah you been fucked stuck in a rut
Your life has been sucked your tail has been tucked
Save some for me can't stop what were going to be
Just watch as as I demonstrate the reason we dominate
[Chorus]
If we stand alone and believe it all and you tell me it's all I believe in
Yes we stand alone and believe it all if you tell me it's all we believe in
Because we we'll chew and spit you out
And pray upon the weaker
Take what we want
[Chorus]
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