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'll press my face up to your railings
I'll listen, still got a little unused pain
A little hurt
A little further
Don't burn your hand on the window
If you just want to take in the view
Don't you bend my wicked mind
(Don't you bend my mind)
With your mumbo-jumbo torture
If it's all the same to you
It's all the same to you
Here we are, we're here forever
We're gone tomorrow, why I might not even bother
But you're lovely and dark
And it's getting darker now
You press your face to my railings
I've still got a little unused pain
I'll shoot you down
With my good luck paradox
With my teeth and my brain
With my teeth and my brain
My death
It's holy and awesome
It's as common as muck on a spade
I'm not afraid now
I'm not afraid now
I'll listen, still got a little unused pain
A little hurt
A little further
Don't burn your hand on the window
If you just want to take in the view
Don't you bend my wicked mind
(Don't you bend my mind)
With your mumbo-jumbo torture
If it's all the same to you
It's all the same to you
Here we are, we're here forever
We're gone tomorrow, why I might not even bother
But you're lovely and dark
And it's getting darker now
You press your face to my railings
I've still got a little unused pain
I'll shoot you down
With my good luck paradox
With my teeth and my brain
With my teeth and my brain
My death
It's holy and awesome
It's as common as muck on a spade
I'm not afraid now
I'm not afraid now
Lyrics submitted by enola
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