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 bet it's not the first time
I bet it's not the last time that you try
There's not a second wasted
And all I get is flashes in my eye
Don't point that thing at me
And don't you tell me I am just the one
You use your finger, you press the trigger
Know what you're after, your photo finger
The difference it makes to me
Turn and face away, you will go blind
I guess you see right through me
It only takes a minute of your time
You're snapping in the day
Your bedroom's busy way into the night
That's not your finger,
That's not rapid fixer
Your photo finger, it's getting bigger
You didn't think I'd notice,
You're knocking up another eight by ten
You get an hour service,
Yeah, everybody needs it now and then
You're putting on my wig
And then you tell me I'm the only one
You're getting thinner, your photo finger
It's getting bigger, your photo finger
I bet it's not the last time that you try
There's not a second wasted
And all I get is flashes in my eye
Don't point that thing at me
And don't you tell me I am just the one
You use your finger, you press the trigger
Know what you're after, your photo finger
The difference it makes to me
Turn and face away, you will go blind
I guess you see right through me
It only takes a minute of your time
You're snapping in the day
Your bedroom's busy way into the night
That's not your finger,
That's not rapid fixer
Your photo finger, it's getting bigger
You didn't think I'd notice,
You're knocking up another eight by ten
You get an hour service,
Yeah, everybody needs it now and then
You're putting on my wig
And then you tell me I'm the only one
You're getting thinner, your photo finger
It's getting bigger, your photo finger
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28
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