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.
rip it, tear it, smash the controls
let it all go down for the people outside
we want your chaos
we don't want your fucking stability
economic wars of destruction
rip apart the fucking function
now we fall in the ground
we face the sound, we die forever
infested your intervention of hate
left half-dead, completely mutilate
scraping at the wall
try to escape, but nothing hears
the beauty of life is slowly sinking in
yeah, don't push down, you let it in
you push it down, you let it end
you push it down
you live your life on a splattered soul
we watch it sink into the floor
now you can see the light of day
everyone just closes their eyes
now you can see reality
we live on broken tv screens
now you can kiss it goodbye
the red light comes crawling down
now rolling into nothing
look, i'm feeling down
the red light comes calling you
now they don't know what burns so
so spill the blood all over you
feeling pain, agony
stressed fate
on your knees, bow down
to the ones you plead
rip it up, this sound
will not stop 'till you realize
now, now let it go
this sound will not stop
Cut Throat Psycho Rave Mix
the knife that slices your throat
the knife that slices your throat
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
infested your intervention of hate
scrape at the walls, try to escape
nothing hears, nothing hears
the beauty of life is slowly sinking in
sinking in
the knife that slices your throat
the knife that slices your throat
let it all go down for the people outside
we want your chaos
we don't want your fucking stability
economic wars of destruction
rip apart the fucking function
now we fall in the ground
we face the sound, we die forever
infested your intervention of hate
left half-dead, completely mutilate
scraping at the wall
try to escape, but nothing hears
the beauty of life is slowly sinking in
yeah, don't push down, you let it in
you push it down, you let it end
you push it down
you live your life on a splattered soul
we watch it sink into the floor
now you can see the light of day
everyone just closes their eyes
now you can see reality
we live on broken tv screens
now you can kiss it goodbye
the red light comes crawling down
now rolling into nothing
look, i'm feeling down
the red light comes calling you
now they don't know what burns so
so spill the blood all over you
feeling pain, agony
stressed fate
on your knees, bow down
to the ones you plead
rip it up, this sound
will not stop 'till you realize
now, now let it go
this sound will not stop
Cut Throat Psycho Rave Mix
the knife that slices your throat
the knife that slices your throat
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
fucking die, mother fucker
infested your intervention of hate
scrape at the walls, try to escape
nothing hears, nothing hears
the beauty of life is slowly sinking in
sinking in
the knife that slices your throat
the knife that slices your throat
Lyrics submitted by XorcistVAC
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