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.
Watching your house shrink away in my rear-view mirror
As I drive away
Wishing that I could take back all those words
That meant nothing that I didn't say
I'm trying to be what you want me to be
But it's so damn hard to keep playing the part
Of the fool, week after week
I think you need some time alone (I think you need some time alone)
You say you want someone to call your own
Open your eyes, you can suck in your pride
You can live your life all on your own
Is this all going to be just another time
That we play this game?
I've tried to convince you that things could be different
But somehow they end up the same
But what did you expect from me?
What am I supposed to do?
You say that you're starting to feel like you're getting lost
Well, I do too
I don't wanna live this lie again (I don't wanna live this lie again)
I know I'll get it right but I don't know when
I'll open my eyes, I've got something inside
I'll just jack-off in my room until then
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
As I drive away
Wishing that I could take back all those words
That meant nothing that I didn't say
I'm trying to be what you want me to be
But it's so damn hard to keep playing the part
Of the fool, week after week
I think you need some time alone (I think you need some time alone)
You say you want someone to call your own
Open your eyes, you can suck in your pride
You can live your life all on your own
Is this all going to be just another time
That we play this game?
I've tried to convince you that things could be different
But somehow they end up the same
But what did you expect from me?
What am I supposed to do?
You say that you're starting to feel like you're getting lost
Well, I do too
I don't wanna live this lie again (I don't wanna live this lie again)
I know I'll get it right but I don't know when
I'll open my eyes, I've got something inside
I'll just jack-off in my room until then
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
It's never over 'til it's done
And I don't think that you're the one
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
Waggy Lyrics as written by Scott Raynor Mark Hoppus
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