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.
Hello my name is Mr. Know-It-All
My sweet home is deep down in your soul
Let me introduce you to the final call
Salvation is calling for you
Life is just a kind of fairytale
Narrated by a lunatic for man
The hope in life is clouded by eternal haze
Tell me what you mean?
Do you think about ambition?
Why don't you scream? - oh yeah
Don't you realize - What you criticize
Now remove yourself - Away from here
Salvation's calling - Salvation's calling
The walls are falling - Salvation's calling now!
Hey, you think that you have blown it all
Your life, you can't enjoy it to the full
When all your dreams are fading to eternal black
You're lost in the twilight
Now, what d'you mean
What do you think about ambition?
Go out and scream, oh yeah
Now realize not criticize
Remove yourself away from here
Salvation's calling - Salvation's calling
The walls are falling - Salvation's calling now!
Follow your own instinct,
Never follow your illusions
Just remember from all troubles
There is a way out
Turn around and see yourself
Beyond your own horizons
There's an outcry in the void,
There's a way out, from here
[SOLO: both/Kai/Dirk]
Goodbye my friend
It's time to leave you on your own
Get going to find out your own way
Believe in what you're doing,
'cause I'm in your head
You can't hesistate anymore
Don't think about existence
Just move your ass - be yourself
Now realize - not criticize
Now move yourself - take your chance
Salvation's calling - Salvation's calling
The walls are falling - Salvation's calling now!
My sweet home is deep down in your soul
Let me introduce you to the final call
Salvation is calling for you
Life is just a kind of fairytale
Narrated by a lunatic for man
The hope in life is clouded by eternal haze
Tell me what you mean?
Do you think about ambition?
Why don't you scream? - oh yeah
Don't you realize - What you criticize
Now remove yourself - Away from here
Salvation's calling - Salvation's calling
The walls are falling - Salvation's calling now!
Hey, you think that you have blown it all
Your life, you can't enjoy it to the full
When all your dreams are fading to eternal black
You're lost in the twilight
Now, what d'you mean
What do you think about ambition?
Go out and scream, oh yeah
Now realize not criticize
Remove yourself away from here
Salvation's calling - Salvation's calling
The walls are falling - Salvation's calling now!
Follow your own instinct,
Never follow your illusions
Just remember from all troubles
There is a way out
Turn around and see yourself
Beyond your own horizons
There's an outcry in the void,
There's a way out, from here
[SOLO: both/Kai/Dirk]
Goodbye my friend
It's time to leave you on your own
Get going to find out your own way
Believe in what you're doing,
'cause I'm in your head
You can't hesistate anymore
Don't think about existence
Just move your ass - be yourself
Now realize - not criticize
Now move yourself - take your chance
Salvation's calling - Salvation's calling
The walls are falling - Salvation's calling now!
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