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.
Xenopsylla Cheopis
MDCLXV
We used the helicase
to bind the CXV
Non-responsive
And their ferritin is high
In vivo
But still seem to be alive
Controls are feeling fine
Despite the awful sounds
Brought the incidence of tallowy offal down
We all fall down
We fall down
We all fall down
We fall down
The martyr's bretheren were not to be set free
In vitro planet Earth
In vivo you and me
He had them watch me
And lock everything around
He told me
You seem awful down
We all fall down
We fall down
We all fall down
We fall down
It will end in flashes
And we'll choke on ashes
And we'll all fall down
Long live the phantom
I hear him sing and scream out his anthem
I feel the shadows
Crying
Running
Coming, for me too dark to see
We all fall down
We fall down
We all fall down
We fall down
It will end in flashes
And we'll choke on ashes
And we'll all fall down
It will end in ashes of their lies
We can still see flashes in our eyes
But until it crashes
And the atom smashes
All our minds will just fade away
It will end in flashes
And we'll choke on ashes
And we'll fall
MDCLXV
We used the helicase
to bind the CXV
Non-responsive
And their ferritin is high
In vivo
But still seem to be alive
Controls are feeling fine
Despite the awful sounds
Brought the incidence of tallowy offal down
We all fall down
We fall down
We all fall down
We fall down
The martyr's bretheren were not to be set free
In vitro planet Earth
In vivo you and me
He had them watch me
And lock everything around
He told me
You seem awful down
We all fall down
We fall down
We all fall down
We fall down
It will end in flashes
And we'll choke on ashes
And we'll all fall down
Long live the phantom
I hear him sing and scream out his anthem
I feel the shadows
Crying
Running
Coming, for me too dark to see
We all fall down
We fall down
We all fall down
We fall down
It will end in flashes
And we'll choke on ashes
And we'll all fall down
It will end in ashes of their lies
We can still see flashes in our eyes
But until it crashes
And the atom smashes
All our minds will just fade away
It will end in flashes
And we'll choke on ashes
And we'll fall
Lyrics submitted by tadashii18
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