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.
A dark congregation
Of familiar faces
Gathered around the quiet earth
A red rose
Fell upon the soft snow
Prayers were whispered so slow
From our mouths
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls escaping
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
We are surrounded
By all of the quiet
Sleepers inside the quiet earth
A fear that
I cannot shape, you
Dared to kiss the face
Of the night
Our lips were cold as clay, we couldn't speak anyway
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls
We, we are alone
I know you're gone
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this
You're gone
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Of familiar faces
Gathered around the quiet earth
A red rose
Fell upon the soft snow
Prayers were whispered so slow
From our mouths
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls escaping
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
We are surrounded
By all of the quiet
Sleepers inside the quiet earth
A fear that
I cannot shape, you
Dared to kiss the face
Of the night
Our lips were cold as clay, we couldn't speak anyway
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls
We, we are alone
I know you're gone
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this
You're gone
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Lyrics submitted by kasandra
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