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.
[Back again]
Right where I started
And I can't find anything
To take me out of your
Shallow waters
That I've been drowning in so long [so long]
Who's here to take me out
Time to face another day
But will it be just like
The last one
It's up to me
To make the difference this time
I'll face another day
And it won't be just like the last [noo]
You talk loud without words
I've had enough manipulation
I found my way out
I'm not a slave to your game
[I found my way out]
[taking back what's mine]
I will take back
Right where I started
And I can't find anything
To take me out of your
Shallow waters
That I've been drowning in so long [so long]
Who's here to take me out
Time to face another day
But will it be just like
The last one
It's up to me
To make the difference this time
I'll face another day
And it won't be just like the last [noo]
You talk loud without words
I've had enough manipulation
I found my way out
I'm not a slave to your game
[I found my way out]
[taking back what's mine]
I will take back
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one of the best songs I've ever heard...
i agree wholeheartedly.
Hi Ben! It's me, twelve!
trey!!!
one of the best breakdowns EVER! It is basically about "taking revenge from someone you need to get out of" it can be anything. Alcoholism, Romance, War, Drugs. gr8 song.
its funny to see how all you "xnewxcorex" kids are all nuts over breakdowns. there cool, but, idk. ill stick to my old HC.
About getting back at someone and getting rid of them when theyve controlled you/taken from you