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.
Senketsu ni somaru mirai no toki ...hageshiku modaeru honnou
Beast of blood
Place of silence, moving shadows
Crimson eyes are strangely gleaming in the darkness
Madness starting to awake
Playful desire starving of blood
Get down limitless night
Beast of blood
Along with the scream from the death throes
Sharp claws are shining brighter
Dually obscene breaths continues
And rips apart the silence of the night
Crossing the uplifty night
Get down limitless night
Beast of blood
kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
senketsu ni somaru mirai no toki... hageshiku modaeru honnou
kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
Beast of blood
No fear, no sadness
Lofty life is tasting loneliness and eternity
And near by the target with no more life
Red drops on my greedy lips
Falls down on the freezing ground
Get down limitless night
Beast of blood
Spills blood on me 'till it fills my body
Kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
senketsu ni somaru mirai no toki ...hageshiku modaeru honnou
tsumetai karada ni hotobashiru yokubou o akai chi de uruosu
kairaku no sakebi hibiku yoru ni ...surudoku myaku utsu honnou
Kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
senketsu ni somaru mirai no toki ...hageshiku modaeru honnou
Beast of blood
Beast of blood
Place of silence, moving shadows
Crimson eyes are strangely gleaming in the darkness
Madness starting to awake
Playful desire starving of blood
Get down limitless night
Beast of blood
Along with the scream from the death throes
Sharp claws are shining brighter
Dually obscene breaths continues
And rips apart the silence of the night
Crossing the uplifty night
Get down limitless night
Beast of blood
kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
senketsu ni somaru mirai no toki... hageshiku modaeru honnou
kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
Beast of blood
No fear, no sadness
Lofty life is tasting loneliness and eternity
And near by the target with no more life
Red drops on my greedy lips
Falls down on the freezing ground
Get down limitless night
Beast of blood
Spills blood on me 'till it fills my body
Kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
senketsu ni somaru mirai no toki ...hageshiku modaeru honnou
tsumetai karada ni hotobashiru yokubou o akai chi de uruosu
kairaku no sakebi hibiku yoru ni ...surudoku myaku utsu honnou
Kokyuu ni karamaru chi no kaori ga koukotsu no yoru ni tadayou
senketsu ni somaru mirai no toki ...hageshiku modaeru honnou
Beast of blood
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the future dyed in fresh blood... my tortured senses
Place of silence, moving shadows Crimson eyes are strangely gleaming in the darkness Madness starting to awake Playful desire starving of blood Get down limitless night
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Along with the scream from the death throes Sharp claws are shining brighter Dually obscene breaths continues And rips apart the silence of the night Crossing the uplifty night Get down limitless night
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