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.
Speak through the silence
Lay down your crown
Lay down your fight
And when you speak
The words of silence
Walls will crumble in
And skies open
And when you speak
You speak with silence, and I
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings
And the light will pour in
The fires are burning, under starlight
Through veils of golden light
The sails so pure, so white
Through the river of death
I carry you, my love
Breathe in the night
My arms alight
And when you speak
The words of silence
Walls will crumble in
And skies open
And when you speak
You speak with silence, and I
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings
And the light will pour in now
I threw this iron crown
Into the eye of inferno
This lake of fire, this pit of ghosts
Breathing in the dark
Exhaling the dust of stars
In this shrine of silver light
On the edge of the moon, you sing to me
The river flows deep
Through my heart and through my eyes
As you turn into the light
The dust of silver stars
And then you speak
The words of silence
Walls will crumble in
And skies open
And when you speak
You speak with silence, and I
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings
And the light will pour in
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings now
Lay down your crown
Lay down your fight
And when you speak
The words of silence
Walls will crumble in
And skies open
And when you speak
You speak with silence, and I
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings
And the light will pour in
The fires are burning, under starlight
Through veils of golden light
The sails so pure, so white
Through the river of death
I carry you, my love
Breathe in the night
My arms alight
And when you speak
The words of silence
Walls will crumble in
And skies open
And when you speak
You speak with silence, and I
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings
And the light will pour in now
I threw this iron crown
Into the eye of inferno
This lake of fire, this pit of ghosts
Breathing in the dark
Exhaling the dust of stars
In this shrine of silver light
On the edge of the moon, you sing to me
The river flows deep
Through my heart and through my eyes
As you turn into the light
The dust of silver stars
And then you speak
The words of silence
Walls will crumble in
And skies open
And when you speak
You speak with silence, and I
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings
And the light will pour in
Carve each word you sing
On my stone wings now
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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