Absolutely. This song, and most of their new album is about spiritual enlightenment. This song is about someone who fell to the dark - ego - and realized that they should have believed wishing that they could have believed when they first saw us - enlightenment - but it was too good to be true. Then he understands the point of existence at all, to rise above, and that determination and hope is our humanity, we are all fighting for inner peace and must fight together to achieve it outwardly.
All blossoms die in the light of our new culture Find your belief in that which cannot be discovered Countless lessons lie in every fever dream A million voices asking, what does it all mean? I’ve lost all direction I’ve lost all my direction And now I wish, that I would have believed Could have believed Escape, escape Nature’s indifferent hand Retreat, retreat To the bliss of our creation We were born and raised To live beyond The heft and weight of a world undone Like a bird from the north Our hearts will roam in search of warmth Two hands come together to pray for greater yields Two poles of a compass guided by a field In the mind of every man, two ghosts dance Was this place made, or was it here by chance? I’ve lost all direction I’ve lost all my direction And now I wish, that I would have believed Could have believed Escape, escape Nature’s indifferent hand Retreat, retreat To the bliss of our creation We were born and raised To live beyond The heft and weight of a world undone Like a bird from the north Our hearts will roam in search of warmth Uncountable numbers written in new fallen snow I can hear the claws of the beast tapping at my window Nihilist sleeps and in dreams he sees god’s face Realize even disbelief requires a leap of faith From birth to death, we search for what’s yet to be known We and hope and pray and ask, but we are never shown Born and raised to live beyond The heft and weight of a world undone Like a bird from the north Our hearts will roam in search of warmth We were born and raised
Man, the voices in this band are so unique, one of the best combinations. I really wanted Alexisonfire to be my favorite band, it makes me sad that the equalization and melody of some songs it's just weird, and they didn't create that many hits. I'm currently listening to "city and colour", which is the solo career of of Dallas Green, one of the singers.
PLEASE !! Do a Goodbye tour or something !! We need to see you on tour one last time !!! :( Like in the good old days when you guys came to the Metropolis in Montreal.
Uncountable numbers written in new fallen snow, I can hear the claws of the beast tapping at my window. Nihilist sleeps and in dreams he sees god’s face. Realize even disbelief requires a leap of faith. Such good lyrics.
GREAT SONG. this band keeps getting better and better. people need to give them more respect. for a scene that has a million bands that sound the same across the board its incredible they are able to sound unique. BRAVO
I personally think Alexisonfire should be headlining their concert's instead of playing 2nd to Billy Talent! Alexisonfire you rock and At the A.C.C I was sniffing line's of cocaine beside the drummer's mom! You rock and LIVE ON! PLEASE DO ATLEAST 2 MORE ALBUM'S
george, dallas, and wade make a great trio for the vocals! i feel bad for george, but good for him for resting his voice. he doesn't need to prove us anything, we already know what talent he has!
i have never seen a band being so awesome live in my whole life. i'll probably take this farewell tour concert as the BEST CONCERT EVER, for the rest of my life. thank you guys. when you came to brazil, it meant the world to us.
This, and Dog's Blood, are likely my favorite songs you guys do. PLEASE come out with more music...it's hard to think of a band I'm more excited to hear new stuff from. I know there was a long hiatus and things were uncertain for a while but now that you guys are back...full throttle baby!!!
holy shit they filmed this at the chinatown market place in mississauga, and the restaurant within the market area, been to that place a million times, didnt even know they filmed it there ahah, gotta love alexisonfire
To all the people who say they need to change it up, come on. Srsly? If you LISTEN this is a lot different from their older stuff. And it's STILL kickass.
He used a lot of his material from Alexisonfire in City and Colour because he wanted them originally to be used in a different way than they were used for Alexisonfire.
Man! What a rock I've been under! I loved their cover of The Dead Heart from Midnight Oil. and heard their name as they get a bit of airplay on the radio around here in southern Ontario, but have I ever overlooked a great band over the last decade! This is an AWESOME song AlexisonfireVEVO! Prompting me to checkout more!
You know i completely understand why Dallas left. Its hard to juggle two massive bands at once. And it makes sense for him to see where City and Colour can take him. But i'm positive that one day we will see Alexisonfire reunited. Why? Because they're all hardcore kids at heart. And i cant see Dallas being done with hardcore music, You dont just completely abandon a passion. One day he'll get the itch to rock out and Alexisonfire will be reunited. Whether its in 5 years or longer. I'll be waitin
@RaulStal This is great. I think Georges transition suits Dallas Greens dominating voice. Dallas sings almost every chorus in Young Cardinals/Old Crows.
