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.
Last night your taste was beautiful
But my tongue doesn?t know the truth
Cause when its drown in poison chemicals
I see the better side of you
Our promise was that we would save ourselves
Before our minds lost all control
But then our clothes
Hit the floor
Now today you called
And told me that it only hurts more
The phones been off the hook for three hours now
My heart beasts fast as the pulse of the tone
Blocking conversation
I?m hiding from your lies
Lies that make you take back what?s been said
I?m so angry it?s hard to even talk anymore
With words as my weapons I would say to you
Now its over
No shields can prevent these sharp syllables
I tell my self
You?ll never let go
(You will never let this go)
Still I m the one who is blamed for this
Lies depicted a remainder of trust
Something deeper than a story
Will you hold my eyelids open?
As I paste your blood on my pupils
Then teach me to see with my ears
So I?ll find out what true beauty really is
Why can?t I take back all the time that
I wasted on you
And use on friends that wont bring me down
Because every time it seems the same way
And I know that their there for me
And they hate to see I?m ruined
So give me one good reason why you?re still in love
I see you standing all alone
And if that one good reason is not enough
I want to be let go
Just give me one good reason why you?re still in love
But my tongue doesn?t know the truth
Cause when its drown in poison chemicals
I see the better side of you
Our promise was that we would save ourselves
Before our minds lost all control
But then our clothes
Hit the floor
Now today you called
And told me that it only hurts more
The phones been off the hook for three hours now
My heart beasts fast as the pulse of the tone
Blocking conversation
I?m hiding from your lies
Lies that make you take back what?s been said
I?m so angry it?s hard to even talk anymore
With words as my weapons I would say to you
Now its over
No shields can prevent these sharp syllables
I tell my self
You?ll never let go
(You will never let this go)
Still I m the one who is blamed for this
Lies depicted a remainder of trust
Something deeper than a story
Will you hold my eyelids open?
As I paste your blood on my pupils
Then teach me to see with my ears
So I?ll find out what true beauty really is
Why can?t I take back all the time that
I wasted on you
And use on friends that wont bring me down
Because every time it seems the same way
And I know that their there for me
And they hate to see I?m ruined
So give me one good reason why you?re still in love
I see you standing all alone
And if that one good reason is not enough
I want to be let go
Just give me one good reason why you?re still in love
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28
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