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.
Chaos...
Power, money, holy roads
Information overload
Leave me in the bitter cold to die
Killing time has just begun
Clinging to a holy gun
Leave me in the blazing sun to die
You get nothing for nothing
Except what you steal
I've got a cut in my soul
That just won't heal
Inject myself with cyanide
Break on through to the other side
Gimme one more try
One last lie, goodbye
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, you go down
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, Chaos
Breaking every promise made
Redefine a better way
Asphyxating while I pray, I'm dead
Destroy offend and terrorize
Nothing left to vandalize
You can't make me compromise, I'm dead
You get nothing for nothing
Except what you steal
I've got a cut in my soul
That just won't heal
Inject myself with cyanide
Break on through to the other side
Gimme one more try
One last lie, goodbye
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, you go down
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, Chaos
So if you think you're in control
It's dragging you further down the hole
Right when you thought it all would end
All of the pain is back again
Every attempt to make it stop
Is taking you right back to the top
Nothing you do can change it now
Not that it matters anyhow
Chaos...
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, you go down
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, Chaos
Power, money, holy roads
Information overload
Leave me in the bitter cold to die
Killing time has just begun
Clinging to a holy gun
Leave me in the blazing sun to die
You get nothing for nothing
Except what you steal
I've got a cut in my soul
That just won't heal
Inject myself with cyanide
Break on through to the other side
Gimme one more try
One last lie, goodbye
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, you go down
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, Chaos
Breaking every promise made
Redefine a better way
Asphyxating while I pray, I'm dead
Destroy offend and terrorize
Nothing left to vandalize
You can't make me compromise, I'm dead
You get nothing for nothing
Except what you steal
I've got a cut in my soul
That just won't heal
Inject myself with cyanide
Break on through to the other side
Gimme one more try
One last lie, goodbye
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, you go down
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, Chaos
So if you think you're in control
It's dragging you further down the hole
Right when you thought it all would end
All of the pain is back again
Every attempt to make it stop
Is taking you right back to the top
Nothing you do can change it now
Not that it matters anyhow
Chaos...
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, you go down
Chaos, you got a one way ticket to
Chaos, Chaos
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I heard this song while playing Twisted Metal 4. It's so awesome! Who cares if this is some "whiny goth"?