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.
To see the actor without tears
Dark rivers carve the years between the lines of self control
In my psychotic karmic fear,I own your tears anyway
And I am you and we are not afraid
And we won't be here for long
The heart collector sings his song that's slowly boiling over
Nevermore to feel the pain
The heart collector sang
And I won't be feeling hollow for so long
Nevermore to feel the pain
The words fall out like fire
Just believe when you can't believe anymore
The stage is empty now
I hope we hold and cannot allow
the corrupt eclectic takes his fatal bow
And we won't be here for long
The heart collector sings his song again
Nevermore to feel the pain
The heart collector sang
And I won't be feeling hollow for so long
Nevermore to feel the pain
The words fall out like fire
Just believe when you can't believe anymore
Dark rivers carve the years between the lines of self control
In my psychotic karmic fear,I own your tears anyway
And I am you and we are not afraid
And we won't be here for long
The heart collector sings his song that's slowly boiling over
Nevermore to feel the pain
The heart collector sang
And I won't be feeling hollow for so long
Nevermore to feel the pain
The words fall out like fire
Just believe when you can't believe anymore
The stage is empty now
I hope we hold and cannot allow
the corrupt eclectic takes his fatal bow
And we won't be here for long
The heart collector sings his song again
Nevermore to feel the pain
The heart collector sang
And I won't be feeling hollow for so long
Nevermore to feel the pain
The words fall out like fire
Just believe when you can't believe anymore
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Wow, I think I've thought about this song too much. I've got a bit of a warped interpretation here. Basically I was wondering what the stage actor references meant, and I came up with this, lol.
Basically, I think 'heart collector' can be seen as a metaphor for an actor's ability to make people feel how he wants them to feel. "Just believe when you can't believe anymore" - suspension of disbelief. "I own your tears anyway" - the actor is the one who made them cry and therefore ‘owns their tears’. "and I am you and we are not afraid" - again, just controlling how the audience feels. "And I won't be feeling hollow for so long" - an actor may have a hollow life himself, but when he's able to slip into someone else’s shoes, he doesn’t. Same goes for the audience. "The corrupt eclectic takes his fatal bow" - fatal because the play is over and his character is essentially dead until the next performance. "And we won't be here for long" - we won't be in reality for long, because we (the audience) will be taken on a journey (the play). Then when the line’s repeated, it can mean that the play is over and we're heading home. "The heart collector sings his song again" - he may be able to be someone else, but only while he's performing, and he's always going to be performing the same story (song).
The problem with this is it’s switching between 1st 2nd and 3rd person doesn’t really make sense for this interpretation. But hey, it was fun to switch it around for a minute there, lol