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.
I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
Thoughts of happiness
Only when you reminisce
'Cause now that things are bad
You think of what you could've had
Think of the years they spent
With no money for the rent
From the bottom to the top
They stuck to their guns they'll never stop
'Cause I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
Now everyone has changed
But somehow you stayed the same
A life lesson has been learned
Your best came back and you got burned
What you done you try to hide
It's time to swallow your pride
You'll never change and I can see
When you said at least you're makin' money from me
When I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
And I wonder where you are sometimes
And I wonder where you are
Right now
I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
How do you feel now
I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
Thoughts of happiness
Only when you reminisce
'Cause now that things are bad
You think of what you could've had
Think of the years they spent
With no money for the rent
From the bottom to the top
They stuck to their guns they'll never stop
'Cause I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
Now everyone has changed
But somehow you stayed the same
A life lesson has been learned
Your best came back and you got burned
What you done you try to hide
It's time to swallow your pride
You'll never change and I can see
When you said at least you're makin' money from me
When I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
And I wonder where you are sometimes
And I wonder where you are
Right now
I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
How do you feel now
I warned you I told you I'd be better without you
But you didn't care you
Told me I'd go nowhere if I didn't have you
But where are you now
I haven't seen you around you know where to be found
I wonder what happened to you
All the insecurities built inside of you
Must have just blown up
Lyrics submitted by JeremiahsStalker
Without You Lyrics as written by Anthony Lovato
Lyrics © TWO MEDICINE MUSIC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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