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.
In love with the maiden, The flower of winter
Lowbrow children, in grove of the inland
How many times heart's gone through the grinder
Wherever you look there's a painful reminder
Singing a love song, words of a stranger
The howling miller, never to face her
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
Insanity, blessing for those born to hate you
Burned by the embers of love, it is so cruel
Howling the night, for sun of the midnight
Serving the people, condemned you in the eternal night
Of the lost song, words of the stranger
The howling miller, never to face her
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
Lowbrow children, in grove of the inland
How many times heart's gone through the grinder
Wherever you look there's a painful reminder
Singing a love song, words of a stranger
The howling miller, never to face her
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
Insanity, blessing for those born to hate you
Burned by the embers of love, it is so cruel
Howling the night, for sun of the midnight
Serving the people, condemned you in the eternal night
Of the lost song, words of the stranger
The howling miller, never to face her
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
Temple of the evil, Temple of the weak
No one knows how bad he feels
Late-night innuendo, tempetation of the key
"Live with the Blacksheep, live with me"
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