I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
now that all this smoke is clearing,
the plan has been destroyed
and I'm back here,
in puddles of what was my moon light,
the only thing that kept me safe from tears,
and pictures of you race through my head,
and now it's time for me to go back home,
in my head, I'm left alone.
and now that we're over this hill,
these arguements will all be gone again
the eyes I love see through you,
and telling me this bridge is broken,
won't help me not to hurt when I see you
and nothing will grow here again,
and now this is the end of something
that made me smile lightning bolts inside,
and tears are not enough to heal this,
my heart will reconnect inside my mind,
but in my chest theres hollow holes now,
and never will I feel the same again,
these empty holes have dried me out
and now that we're over this hill,
these arguements will all be gone again
the eyes I love see through you,
and telling me this bridge is broken,
won't help me not to hurt when I see you
and nothing will grow here again,
take my heart and keep it with you
I'll never know another love again
these days I spent with you are telling
the story of a broken hearted kid
and all my life I've never noticed
the rotten taste of heart ache now I know
what it is, and who it's for
and now that we're over this hill,
these arguements will all be gone again
the eyes I love see through you,
and telling me this bridge is broken,
won't help me not to hurt when I see you
and nothing will grow here again
the plan has been destroyed
and I'm back here,
in puddles of what was my moon light,
the only thing that kept me safe from tears,
and pictures of you race through my head,
and now it's time for me to go back home,
in my head, I'm left alone.
and now that we're over this hill,
these arguements will all be gone again
the eyes I love see through you,
and telling me this bridge is broken,
won't help me not to hurt when I see you
and nothing will grow here again,
and now this is the end of something
that made me smile lightning bolts inside,
and tears are not enough to heal this,
my heart will reconnect inside my mind,
but in my chest theres hollow holes now,
and never will I feel the same again,
these empty holes have dried me out
and now that we're over this hill,
these arguements will all be gone again
the eyes I love see through you,
and telling me this bridge is broken,
won't help me not to hurt when I see you
and nothing will grow here again,
take my heart and keep it with you
I'll never know another love again
these days I spent with you are telling
the story of a broken hearted kid
and all my life I've never noticed
the rotten taste of heart ache now I know
what it is, and who it's for
and now that we're over this hill,
these arguements will all be gone again
the eyes I love see through you,
and telling me this bridge is broken,
won't help me not to hurt when I see you
and nothing will grow here again
Lyrics submitted by Ken Braley
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