Lyric discussion by SteveEdz 

Cover art for The Peaks lyrics by Everything Everything

I feel this song is about how we are shaped by our experiences.

The crux of this song for me is "And I’ve seen more villages burn than animals born, I’ve seen more towers come down than children grow up"

If you've seen/been through a lot of bad times then you tend to feel that shape you. you might be idealistic vs cynical for example.

the same theme is here in these lines: "And I’ve seen more criminals hung than innocents walk, I’ve seen more horrors made real than dreamers wake up"

beautiful lyrics, really touch me.