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.
I could feel it, see it
The spirit as it was leaving my body
No, it would not stay for a while
It turned and laughed then crawled away
So far away-I could not see that far
All those things I held so sacred
They fail me
They betray me
These pins these needles
They never leave me
This crooked cross is bleeding deeply
Let the wine fill my veins
Bring the wind to change my mind
Wash away this dirty soul
This dirty soul of mine
The curtain it slowly closes
The players how they quickly
Change around you
Not a trace, no familiar face
Only the soundtrack and the bruises we keep to ourselves
I reach out and I wait forever
I speak out my thoughts die high
My cross is crooked
My spirit is denied
Let the smoke close my eyes
See this man is waiting
In the park it's raining so hard
Wash away this soul
This dirty soul of mine
Why can't you feel me?
The world is dying
Nothing stays the same
Nothing good remains
No one ever stays
Feelings always fade away
People change lives are destroyed
I will never walk with you again
Never again will we share the days my friend
The spirit as it was leaving my body
No, it would not stay for a while
It turned and laughed then crawled away
So far away-I could not see that far
All those things I held so sacred
They fail me
They betray me
These pins these needles
They never leave me
This crooked cross is bleeding deeply
Let the wine fill my veins
Bring the wind to change my mind
Wash away this dirty soul
This dirty soul of mine
The curtain it slowly closes
The players how they quickly
Change around you
Not a trace, no familiar face
Only the soundtrack and the bruises we keep to ourselves
I reach out and I wait forever
I speak out my thoughts die high
My cross is crooked
My spirit is denied
Let the smoke close my eyes
See this man is waiting
In the park it's raining so hard
Wash away this soul
This dirty soul of mine
Why can't you feel me?
The world is dying
Nothing stays the same
Nothing good remains
No one ever stays
Feelings always fade away
People change lives are destroyed
I will never walk with you again
Never again will we share the days my friend
Lyrics submitted by *SoBeR~STiNKFiST*
Bitches Lyrics as written by Wes Geer Jerrad Shain
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
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I'll go in more depth about it because I'm high as hell now and that's how I was when I came to my own interprrpreted meaning.
I'll start by saying that this is a sad song when it comes to the meaning, I think. It can go deeper than the lyrics show and I think it's supposed to be an anti-optimistic song to be listened to at a very anti-optimistic time (as sad songs usually go, and when yous high as a mothafucka).
The entire song is full of bad things that's happened to him. Betraying him, failing him, shit like that. Since the song is called Bitches, I assume that it's them who's causing all of this to happen to him. He's behind denied his spirit because he feels there is no perfect woman for him because they have all been bitches.
Marijuana (we'll call her Mary Jane) is the other part of the meaning. Maybe he feels that he's a broken soul with nowhere to go and that Mary Jane is the only woman to appreciate him. He feels that these bitches have scarred him. You know, more shit like that. The part where it's like "let the smoke close my eyes (somebody get me high), bring the time to change my mind" implies that Mary Jane can possibly change his view on women (as bitches).
That's basically the first part of the song, and the second part that starts like "Some say the world is dying..." is basically saying that his views haven't been changed and that he wants the memories of a dreadful life (or like some part of the past, or relationships or some shit) to just go away.
What I overall took from all this, I think it's basically saying that there is no point in being optimistic about anything because it al goes to shit anyway, so get high. To be completely more narrowed down (and shit), this song means "Don't give a fuck, and get high." When you read it that way, it don't sound so sad. hahaha