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.
Would you let me take control
if i told you that i would never love another?
Build a prison for your soul,
with the shelter i provide,
surely we can live forever.
Feel addiction take control, i know you'll runaway.
Reality is just fantasy again.
If i could penetrate your soul,
i'd help you find a way to make fantasy, reality again.
Would you let me take you home?
Fulfill my every need,
keep you in this spell you're under.
Cause now's the time to let you know,
If you only take my hand, never will there be another.
Hold you down again, i won't let you breathe.
I see redemption in your eyes
although i always seem to make you cry
So high off the pain that i give to you,
hold you down till you can't breathe.
You can't leave or perceive that you're better off without me.
I'll cut you down before you get a chance to doubt me.
No love is sicker than the one we found,
keep a frown on your face and you'll never replace me.
Feel addiction take control, i know you'll runaway.
Reality is just fantasy again.
If i could penetrate your soul,
i'd help you find a way to make fantasy, reality again.
if i told you that i would never love another?
Build a prison for your soul,
with the shelter i provide,
surely we can live forever.
Feel addiction take control, i know you'll runaway.
Reality is just fantasy again.
If i could penetrate your soul,
i'd help you find a way to make fantasy, reality again.
Would you let me take you home?
Fulfill my every need,
keep you in this spell you're under.
Cause now's the time to let you know,
If you only take my hand, never will there be another.
Hold you down again, i won't let you breathe.
I see redemption in your eyes
although i always seem to make you cry
So high off the pain that i give to you,
hold you down till you can't breathe.
You can't leave or perceive that you're better off without me.
I'll cut you down before you get a chance to doubt me.
No love is sicker than the one we found,
keep a frown on your face and you'll never replace me.
Feel addiction take control, i know you'll runaway.
Reality is just fantasy again.
If i could penetrate your soul,
i'd help you find a way to make fantasy, reality again.
Lyrics submitted by zeroh-
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