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.
You call, call, call on me
I suffocate in all of it
And call, call on me
Its hard to breathe
I suffocate and choke on it
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever's taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is wailing
I
I still believe
To tryin' all this
Is short of bliss
To kill the cycle that I've fed
The labyrinth in me
Is every sin everyday
And all have lain
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Colors bleed in a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven sees for me
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Here its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
War in me
A war in me
A war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven steers
Oh! its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
In a war
A war in me
A war in me
A war in me
Blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
A war for me
A war for me
A war for me, blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Yeah
There's a war
A war in me
War in me
Blaring
War in me
A war in me
Blaring
A war in me!
I suffocate in all of it
And call, call on me
Its hard to breathe
I suffocate and choke on it
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever's taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is wailing
I
I still believe
To tryin' all this
Is short of bliss
To kill the cycle that I've fed
The labyrinth in me
Is every sin everyday
And all have lain
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Colors bleed in a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven sees for me
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Here its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
War in me
A war in me
A war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven steers
Oh! its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
In a war
A war in me
A war in me
A war in me
Blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
A war for me
A war for me
A war for me, blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Yeah
There's a war
A war in me
War in me
Blaring
War in me
A war in me
Blaring
A war in me!
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