Beacons seems to be about accepting one’s sexuality or as Conor Murphy from the band put it on Twitter:
Okay okay so beacons was originally about john Franzese jr. Informing on his dad (mafia boss in NYC). I paired it with quotes from “the prince” by Machiavelli. Eric pushed me to rewrite because i...
[Verse 1]
I was floating there for so long
King of nothing, but the space I take up
I felt it all at once
I felt it all at once
I was floating there for so long
Petrified by the sight of the sun
I felt it all at once
It felt like nothing at all
Fire broke loose in a moment there
I let it breathe for the first time
As it danced through the room, undressing
It held the closet shut
But I was out with the
[Chorus]
Beacons of that shame, left behind
For the first timе I felt alive
I thought I couldn't move my feet
But I'm running with you now, wе're a stampede
Tell me everything I know about love
Now it's thicker than my blood
I thought I couldn't move my feet
But I'm running with you now, we're a stampede baby
I'm running with you now, we're a stampede
[Verse 2]
I was floating there for so long
I couldn't speak, now I can't stop my tongue
Nobody shut me up; no it was nothing at all
So throw away the albatross
Take fortune in everything
And be the sword swinging back to the anvil that birthed it
Put your pain on the pyre, let the light be the
[Chorus]
Beacons of that shame, left behind
For the first time I feel alive
I thought I couldn't move my feet
But I'm running with you now, we're a stampede
Tell me everything I know about love
Now it's thicker than my blood
I thought I couldn't move my feet
But I'm running with you now, we're a stampede
Beacons of that shame, left behind
For the first time I felt alive
I thought I couldn't move my feet
But I'm running with you now, we're a stampede
Tell me everything I know about love
Now it's thicker than my blood
I thought I couldn't move my feet
But I'm running with you now, we're a stampede
I'm running with you now, we're a stampede baby
I'm running with you now, we're a stampede
Beacons was written by E.M. Hudson & Jon Hellwig & Conor Murphy.
Beacons was produced by Andy Hull & E.M. Hudson.