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.
You've taken this too far
Now it has to stop
You've taken this too far
Once again
The table's turned
And I'm behind
Picking up the pieces from the night
My face is scarred
Sometimes
I feel that I can't trust myself at all
And every time the sky
(every time the sky)
Breaks open with sunshine
As streaming swords collide
(streaming swords collide)
It takes me back in time
I float away
To another place
Where heaven is waiting
Right outside
This is war
Cannot take it anymore (cannot take it anymore)
I'm falling faster and bleeding more
Than I have bled before
Certain death (the pain will cause a purpose)
Lingers on the other hand (and if you feel defeated)
But I will fight you
And victory will be mine in the end
Circumstances mean nothing
When it's over
We will be
Heroes constantly
Pushing forward without any fear
If I erased the line between
Forgotten names and memories
I'd never change
Resolution made in vain
To face
[?] the day
Life is yours to save (save it)
Or take (take it) away
Now it has to stop
You've taken this too far
Once again
The table's turned
And I'm behind
Picking up the pieces from the night
My face is scarred
Sometimes
I feel that I can't trust myself at all
And every time the sky
(every time the sky)
Breaks open with sunshine
As streaming swords collide
(streaming swords collide)
It takes me back in time
I float away
To another place
Where heaven is waiting
Right outside
This is war
Cannot take it anymore (cannot take it anymore)
I'm falling faster and bleeding more
Than I have bled before
Certain death (the pain will cause a purpose)
Lingers on the other hand (and if you feel defeated)
But I will fight you
And victory will be mine in the end
Circumstances mean nothing
When it's over
We will be
Heroes constantly
Pushing forward without any fear
If I erased the line between
Forgotten names and memories
I'd never change
Resolution made in vain
To face
[?] the day
Life is yours to save (save it)
Or take (take it) away
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