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 don't think you notice
When you see my face
I guess you're waiting
To spin me around again
Wheels I guess are turning
Somewhere inside my head
I know that this is
Deeper than you get
But you're coming back again
You don't mean to waste my time
But you're coming back so
[Chorus]
Don't tell me
How to be
'Cause I like some suffering
Don't ask me
What I need
I'm just fine
Here finding me
Me
I've already given
Up on getting through
I never question
Who I'm talking to
Oh so much for nothing
But nothing means so much
I know it's touching
But I've been out of touch
And it's all that I can do
I'm a sight for my sore eyes
But it's all I am so
[Chorus]
I don't think you notice
When I can't reach out
I guess you're waiting
On somebody else again
Oh so much for talking
It's all been said before
I'm hearing something
But I wish you'd just say more
But you're going off again
When I try to just hold on
But you're going off so
[Chorus]
When you see my face
I guess you're waiting
To spin me around again
Wheels I guess are turning
Somewhere inside my head
I know that this is
Deeper than you get
But you're coming back again
You don't mean to waste my time
But you're coming back so
[Chorus]
Don't tell me
How to be
'Cause I like some suffering
Don't ask me
What I need
I'm just fine
Here finding me
Me
I've already given
Up on getting through
I never question
Who I'm talking to
Oh so much for nothing
But nothing means so much
I know it's touching
But I've been out of touch
And it's all that I can do
I'm a sight for my sore eyes
But it's all I am so
[Chorus]
I don't think you notice
When I can't reach out
I guess you're waiting
On somebody else again
Oh so much for talking
It's all been said before
I'm hearing something
But I wish you'd just say more
But you're going off again
When I try to just hold on
But you're going off so
[Chorus]
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i absolutely agree with garbojen on how ppl think they know what's best for u. i hate ppl telling me what to do when they don't know what's good for me. fuck those ppl!