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.
Packing your bags like people in the movies do
All severe and not saying a word
And I'm sitting down here just watching you
And I'm thinking
Where is all the love gone?
Where's the love gone to?
Don't leave
You got me hurting
Don't leave
You know it's never been easy to love someone like me
Oh don't leave
Hanging with friends like we used to do
I didn't know anything was wrong
And last night while I was thinking it through
Trying to find who am I and what d'you need me to do?
Don't leave
There's a record you used to play
There's Judy singing 'best to be without you'
And I know just what she's singing it for
Where did all the love go?
Where's the love gone to?
Don't leave
You got me hurting
Don't leave
You know it's never been easy to love someone like me
Oh don't leave
Where did all the love go?
Where's the love gone to?
Don't leave
We'll fly around the world give you what you're giving me
I should have dressed you up in pearl
Finest silk to touch your skin
Don't know how to write a love song
But Don't leave
You got me hurting
Don't leave
You know it's never been easy to love someone like me
Don't leave
Don't leave
Don't leave
Don't leave
All severe and not saying a word
And I'm sitting down here just watching you
And I'm thinking
Where is all the love gone?
Where's the love gone to?
Don't leave
You got me hurting
Don't leave
You know it's never been easy to love someone like me
Oh don't leave
Hanging with friends like we used to do
I didn't know anything was wrong
And last night while I was thinking it through
Trying to find who am I and what d'you need me to do?
Don't leave
There's a record you used to play
There's Judy singing 'best to be without you'
And I know just what she's singing it for
Where did all the love go?
Where's the love gone to?
Don't leave
You got me hurting
Don't leave
You know it's never been easy to love someone like me
Oh don't leave
Where did all the love go?
Where's the love gone to?
Don't leave
We'll fly around the world give you what you're giving me
I should have dressed you up in pearl
Finest silk to touch your skin
Don't know how to write a love song
But Don't leave
You got me hurting
Don't leave
You know it's never been easy to love someone like me
Don't leave
Don't leave
Don't leave
Don't leave
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The irony! This is so obviously a love song!