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.
Strike this match
And let loose the oven's breath
Up the volume that
Flirts with the UHF
Swipe the magnet on the audio tape
These arsons of grand larceny
Keep running keep running in place
Achilles tendon
Severed from the race
Quick to the throat
In this ink cartridge funeral
Marble caps lock
Zip code affiliate
You got a run on your pharmaceuticals
You better change it
Before the night grows old
Set the temperature on delete
Keep running keep running in place
Let's hit the neighborhood today
You got a run on your pharmaceuticals
You better change it
Before the night grows old
Prescriptions filled
Now cut your suit and tie cuticals
You cut your fingernails way too short
What if forensics finds the answers
What if they stole my fingerprints?
Where did I leave my book of matches?
We'll find you
We'll find you
And let loose the oven's breath
Up the volume that
Flirts with the UHF
Swipe the magnet on the audio tape
These arsons of grand larceny
Keep running keep running in place
Achilles tendon
Severed from the race
Quick to the throat
In this ink cartridge funeral
Marble caps lock
Zip code affiliate
You got a run on your pharmaceuticals
You better change it
Before the night grows old
Set the temperature on delete
Keep running keep running in place
Let's hit the neighborhood today
You got a run on your pharmaceuticals
You better change it
Before the night grows old
Prescriptions filled
Now cut your suit and tie cuticals
You cut your fingernails way too short
What if forensics finds the answers
What if they stole my fingerprints?
Where did I leave my book of matches?
We'll find you
We'll find you
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"strike this match and let loose the oven's breath up the volume that flirts with the UHF"
Lighting the fire and causing causing the event - the screams of the people inside are high pitched and "flirt" with high frequencies.
"swipe the magnet on the audio tape these arsons of grand larceny keep running...keep running in place achilles tendon severed from the race"
Attempting to destroy or hide the evidence, and trying to escape but being paralyzed by fear and guilt. Running in place because no matter how hard the perpetrator tries, they can't make a getaway, the achilles tendon failing would prevent anyone from being able to move.
"quick to the throat in this ink cartridge funeral marble caps lock zip code affiliate you got a run on your pharmaceuticals you better change it before the night grows old"
As Infectedmethod mentioned, the ink cartridge funerals are the newspaper coverage or obituaries of the victims, I see "marble caps lock" as the font on tombstones of the dead... "zip code affiliate" would be the perpetrator sharing the same area as the victims, increasing the fear of getting caught. "Quick to the throat" could be the panicked strangulation feeling of seeing these reminders and information about the crime, the pharmaceuticals to try to sleep/kill pain/cope and going through them quickly.
"set the temperature on delete keep running...keep running in place let's hit the neighborhood today"
Mixing the event, the aftermath and the planning all together, in a jumbled mess of thoughts? The last line could be either making the decision to carry out the crime, or it could be trying to reintegrate into the local area.
"prescriptions filled now cut your suit and tie cuticals you cut your fingernails way too short"
The fingernails are "cut" short through nervous biting, to the quick. Cutting the "suit and tie cuticles" could refer to trying to remove or hide identifying marks, like you would take off clothes.
"what if forensics finds the answers what if they stole my fingerprints? where did i leave my book of matches? we'll find you... we'll find you... "
A repeated mantra of persecution, self-doubt, fear and paranoia.
These are just my thoughts on the song of course, but the more I listen to it, the more you read into it.