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.
Got an angel on the stairs
As if you'd even care
When the lights are up
And the sun had nearly gone, down
Did you see him on the street
Did you pass him at your feet
Did you think at all
How dare they even look me in the eye
And he loves the girls
And he loves the boys
Gonna make
Twenty dollars before the weekend's over
So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Got a ticket to a show
Did you see him take a blow
When the drunk one said
Cat Stevens was the greatest singer
Did you kick him in the head
Did you see the blood run down
Did you laugh at all
When the people walked right by and said aloud
Gutter punks, you're all the same
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over
So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Set him up
Let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the King of New Orleans
Radio in my head
Radio in my car
Goin' down again
He's goin' down, again
Any way you look
Any way you talk it over
It's easier
To let it slip out of your mind
But it rips your heart out
Then it kicks your head in
Would ya you give him one more chance
Try and see the beauty in his world
All the way in on my hands
In on my feet and shoulders
Gonna make
Twenty dollars before the weekends over
So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Yeah
As if you'd even care
When the lights are up
And the sun had nearly gone, down
Did you see him on the street
Did you pass him at your feet
Did you think at all
How dare they even look me in the eye
And he loves the girls
And he loves the boys
Gonna make
Twenty dollars before the weekend's over
So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Got a ticket to a show
Did you see him take a blow
When the drunk one said
Cat Stevens was the greatest singer
Did you kick him in the head
Did you see the blood run down
Did you laugh at all
When the people walked right by and said aloud
Gutter punks, you're all the same
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over
So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Set him up
Let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the King of New Orleans
Radio in my head
Radio in my car
Goin' down again
He's goin' down, again
Any way you look
Any way you talk it over
It's easier
To let it slip out of your mind
But it rips your heart out
Then it kicks your head in
Would ya you give him one more chance
Try and see the beauty in his world
All the way in on my hands
In on my feet and shoulders
Gonna make
Twenty dollars before the weekends over
So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of New Orleans
Yeah
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Ya. Wow. It's been a while since I made that comment...like 3 years lol. Luckly my apartment was fine, no flooding and no wind damage, and the looters didn't get to it. But I am still living in New York City until New Years, when I'm moving back and getting on with my life. Thanks for the concern and warm messages and Ill see you on the other side, form back in the Big Sleazy lol... LONG LIVE BETTER THAN EZRA and LONG LIVE NEW ORLEANS!!!