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.
You wear guilt
Like shackles on your feet
Like a halo in reverse
I can feel
The discomfort in your seat
And in your head, it's worse
There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see?
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
Bring your chains
Your lips of tragedy
And fall into my arms
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
Like shackles on your feet
Like a halo in reverse
I can feel
The discomfort in your seat
And in your head, it's worse
There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see?
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
Bring your chains
Your lips of tragedy
And fall into my arms
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
And when our worlds, they fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
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as per earlier comments I also love the Goldfrapp remix