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.
1, 2...
The Atari Teenage Riot
Sell your soul...
Dealing with the devil!
Come on!
You think you can buy the energy - But you're wrong!
You feel just a hole deep inside? Then you're dead!
See the chances when they come
And you will feel yourself alive
Nobody else can touch you - Just go with the...
Atari Teenage Riot!
Just hit 'em with the evil eye... Why dont you just... Just... Just...
We ain't gonna go!
It's the attitude - Nothing matters
I ain't gonna go...
The days keep passing by
And I feel that I've made too many compromises already!
The problem isn't time - No time to choose
You win one you lose two!
You loose what the hell you're scoring for?
Mash up! Mash up! The place the place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
Real for real - Eye for an eye
Mash up! Mash up...
Mash up! Mash up!
The place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
You think you can buy the energy - But you're wrong!
You feel just a hole deep inside? Then you're dead!
See the chances when they come
And you will feel yourself alive
Nobody else can touch you - Just go with the...
Atari Teenage Riot!
Light the fire! Now! Two years more to go...
We burn the hell that you created!
And if its the last thing we do!
Mash up! Mash up!
The place the place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
Real for real - Eye for an eye
Mash up! Mash up...
The place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
Real for real - Eye for an eye
We ain't gonna go! (x2)
Mash up! Mash up... (x8)
You think you can buy the energy - But you're wrong!
You feel just a hole deep inside? Then you're dead!
See your chances when they come
And you feel yourself alive
Nobody else can touch you - Just go with the...
Who are you? An anti-abortion activist, huh?
Are you trying to be the judge of my life?
If you are trying to take away my self-responsibility -
I'll fuck you outside a court room!
Fuck You!
The Atari Teenage Riot
Sell your soul...
Dealing with the devil!
Come on!
You think you can buy the energy - But you're wrong!
You feel just a hole deep inside? Then you're dead!
See the chances when they come
And you will feel yourself alive
Nobody else can touch you - Just go with the...
Atari Teenage Riot!
Just hit 'em with the evil eye... Why dont you just... Just... Just...
We ain't gonna go!
It's the attitude - Nothing matters
I ain't gonna go...
The days keep passing by
And I feel that I've made too many compromises already!
The problem isn't time - No time to choose
You win one you lose two!
You loose what the hell you're scoring for?
Mash up! Mash up! The place the place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
Real for real - Eye for an eye
Mash up! Mash up...
Mash up! Mash up!
The place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
You think you can buy the energy - But you're wrong!
You feel just a hole deep inside? Then you're dead!
See the chances when they come
And you will feel yourself alive
Nobody else can touch you - Just go with the...
Atari Teenage Riot!
Light the fire! Now! Two years more to go...
We burn the hell that you created!
And if its the last thing we do!
Mash up! Mash up!
The place the place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
Real for real - Eye for an eye
Mash up! Mash up...
The place the place!
The hipper blast ghost chase!
Real for real - Eye for an eye
We ain't gonna go! (x2)
Mash up! Mash up... (x8)
You think you can buy the energy - But you're wrong!
You feel just a hole deep inside? Then you're dead!
See your chances when they come
And you feel yourself alive
Nobody else can touch you - Just go with the...
Who are you? An anti-abortion activist, huh?
Are you trying to be the judge of my life?
If you are trying to take away my self-responsibility -
I'll fuck you outside a court room!
Fuck You!
Lyrics submitted by iLLMaTiK
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