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.
Dear Kate,
Even though we've never met,
I could tell from the outset
That you are not like
All the other ones
and they know it and know it and
the know it and i know it too
I've known it ever since you
first looked out at me from the
magazine
The more of your face we see
the thickeer the mystery
girl you said it so
Even if you run even if you turn
even if you're stripped and burned
even if you're haul even if your ass
even if you're superfast
even if you're in Spain
even if you're at arms
even if you bit the rest and won
and won and won and won and won and
bit the rest and won
Dear Kate,
through the years you have matured
but you'll always look the same to me
as you did no the cover of The Face
and they all say you're flat, they all say
your face looks like Eric Stoltz in "Mask"
but I disagree maybe they will see
All the pretty things I see
From a bruised angel to a sultry siren
Kate strikes a pose
Even if you run even if you turn
even if you're stripped and burned
even if you're haul even if your ass
even if you're superfast
even if you're in Spain
even if you're at arms
even if you bit the rest and won
and won and won and won and won and
bit the rest and won
They all point their
fingers at your thread like figure
They all blame you
for making all the girls disfigured
But I don't think so-oh-ohhhhh
From a bruised angel to a sultry siren
Kate strikes a pose
Even if you se my house on fire
(even if you set my house on fire)
Even if you set my lawn ablaze
(even if you set my lawn ablaze)
Even if you steal my stud dog Henry
(even if you steal my stud dog Henry)
And make all your bitches feel the same
(and make all your bitches feel the same)
Even though we've never met,
I could tell from the outset
That you are not like
All the other ones
and they know it and know it and
the know it and i know it too
I've known it ever since you
first looked out at me from the
magazine
The more of your face we see
the thickeer the mystery
girl you said it so
Even if you run even if you turn
even if you're stripped and burned
even if you're haul even if your ass
even if you're superfast
even if you're in Spain
even if you're at arms
even if you bit the rest and won
and won and won and won and won and
bit the rest and won
Dear Kate,
through the years you have matured
but you'll always look the same to me
as you did no the cover of The Face
and they all say you're flat, they all say
your face looks like Eric Stoltz in "Mask"
but I disagree maybe they will see
All the pretty things I see
From a bruised angel to a sultry siren
Kate strikes a pose
Even if you run even if you turn
even if you're stripped and burned
even if you're haul even if your ass
even if you're superfast
even if you're in Spain
even if you're at arms
even if you bit the rest and won
and won and won and won and won and
bit the rest and won
They all point their
fingers at your thread like figure
They all blame you
for making all the girls disfigured
But I don't think so-oh-ohhhhh
From a bruised angel to a sultry siren
Kate strikes a pose
Even if you se my house on fire
(even if you set my house on fire)
Even if you set my lawn ablaze
(even if you set my lawn ablaze)
Even if you steal my stud dog Henry
(even if you steal my stud dog Henry)
And make all your bitches feel the same
(and make all your bitches feel the same)
Lyrics submitted by samfrenzy15
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