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.
I don't want to sit around
Talk about the wipers weren't
Those the good ole days I don't
Wanna wonder it yer gonna
Say hello I don't wanna wonder
If yer gonna walk away I don't
Wanna hear how many friends
You have cuz I don't have any
Any more I don't want you to
Tell me whats so cool I don't
Wanna go back to Jr. High school
I don't want anyone to tell me
How thin I am I don't want to die
For yer fuckin' candy treats
I just wanna be one of the boys
I just wanna be yer little fashion toy
Let's hang out and be cool alright
Lets go watch the girt fight tonight!
I don't have to try 'cuz I know where yer at
I hate dogs so l love cats
I can bake a pie and look you up and down
I could throw yer heart right outta this town
Talk about the wipers weren't
Those the good ole days I don't
Wanna wonder it yer gonna
Say hello I don't wanna wonder
If yer gonna walk away I don't
Wanna hear how many friends
You have cuz I don't have any
Any more I don't want you to
Tell me whats so cool I don't
Wanna go back to Jr. High school
I don't want anyone to tell me
How thin I am I don't want to die
For yer fuckin' candy treats
I just wanna be one of the boys
I just wanna be yer little fashion toy
Let's hang out and be cool alright
Lets go watch the girt fight tonight!
I don't have to try 'cuz I know where yer at
I hate dogs so l love cats
I can bake a pie and look you up and down
I could throw yer heart right outta this town
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