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.
Light flickers in my room
planes flying by
dropping down perfume
blanket out the sky
Wander through the smoke
Grabbing for food
Choking on the air
Might pass out soon
Why do I assume these things are bad, bad,
Burnt down, burnt down?
Bad, bad, burnt down, burnt down?
Why must all those pretty things be sad, sad,
Somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sheep trip over the fence
(Sheep trip over the fence)
Scared animals trample over the bed
Siphoning out my will.
(Sheep trip over the fence)
And it might turn out just like they said,
And it might be even worse in here
Even now
Why do I assume these things are bad, bad,
Burnt down, burnt down?
Bad, bad, burnt down, burnt down?
Why must all those pretty things be sad, sad,
Somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
[repeat, fade]
Even now...
[repeat, fade]
planes flying by
dropping down perfume
blanket out the sky
Wander through the smoke
Grabbing for food
Choking on the air
Might pass out soon
Why do I assume these things are bad, bad,
Burnt down, burnt down?
Bad, bad, burnt down, burnt down?
Why must all those pretty things be sad, sad,
Somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sheep trip over the fence
(Sheep trip over the fence)
Scared animals trample over the bed
Siphoning out my will.
(Sheep trip over the fence)
And it might turn out just like they said,
And it might be even worse in here
Even now
Why do I assume these things are bad, bad,
Burnt down, burnt down?
Bad, bad, burnt down, burnt down?
Why must all those pretty things be sad, sad,
Somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
Sad, sad, somehow, somehow?
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
It's up to the trees with the fire storm
[repeat, fade]
Even now...
[repeat, fade]
Lyrics submitted by fadedplasticflowers
June Lyrics as written by Schmidt Kowalski
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB., BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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You people are thinking too deeply into this. The song is about getting high in the summertime. It is plain, simple, and extremely obvious.
@Maroliver I don't think you're right honestly. First of all I think most songs can be interpreted differently by different people and there's nothing wrong with someone getting a different meaning out of it. Like how you can get that meaning out of it, and if you wanna believe that you can obviously. With that being said, for the sake of argument, I think I'd say the amount of emotion he puts into his singing in this song makes me think it means so much more. Personally I find there to be a lot of depictions of war imagery throughout the lyrics.
June and Tripoli are by far my favorite inback songs...pinback is awesome
I think this song is about a fire. I think the singer is trapped in a fire. "Light flickers in my room" referring to the light of the fire. "Planes flying by dropping down perfume" I think this means that firefighting planes are flying by dropping down perfume meaning the fire extinguishing powder. "Wander through the smoke" and "Choking on the air are pretty self-explanatory. "Scared animals trample over the bed" is talking about the animals scared of the fire trampling the bed and "siphoning out my will" I think means that seeing the animals run in fear drains his remaining hope of survival. To round it off i think they picked the title "June" because its in the dry part of the summer when most fires occur.<br /> <br /> This is my take. A true masterpiece.
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pinback is great!
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Those piano notes are so beautiful. Because someone needed to state the obvious (my take): It's about a place, probably a small village, being bombed by airplanes. Although it sounds wrong, I like to think that the verse is sung by the person on the ground and the chorus is sung from the perspective of the person in the bomber, having doubts "Why do I assume these things (the target) are bad? Why must all those pretty things be sad? Hyperdrive sequence begun, hit it Pinback...
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I think Kerze has the right idea. I interpret this song as turning something awful and making it beautiful. That even in tragedy, their is beauty. Thats what I take from it I guess.
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