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.
Let's sober up
It's time to find that galaxy
That was created and named after me
But these rocket ships blew apart the entire ship
So if you find some pieces just name them after me
It's on fire
It's my empire
Went up so fast I couldn't grab it
All of the medicine and magic, that keeps me breathing
Right on key, broken straps trapped in captain
That's playing just for me.
And this is so typical and raised by the arm of me
So dance to some broken cords
With broken means through open doors,
Send me with a microphone
[Repeat: x2]
Teach me something so I can go
Don't you have a lesson for me?
I raced concrete to the front row seats
Through her clothes and whiskey kisses
And left her on the street
With her hand down and her hair down
She's nothing more than a movie
That never panned out
Hey Mr. destiny,
You forgot about me,
You forgot to leave a number
You forgot to name the street,
This is American living
With my American dream,
It thunders like a river but its cold just
Like a stream.
And this is so typical, it makes body (off of me?)
So dance to some broken cords
With broken means through open doors,
Send me with a microphone,
[Repeat: x2]
Teach me something so I can go
Don't you have a lesson for me?
I know now things don't get much better than this,
And I know now, life don't get much bigger than this
So dance to some broken cords
With broken means through open doors,
Send me with a microphone,
[Repeat: x2]
Teach me something so I can go
Don't you have a lesson for me?
It's time to find that galaxy
That was created and named after me
But these rocket ships blew apart the entire ship
So if you find some pieces just name them after me
It's on fire
It's my empire
Went up so fast I couldn't grab it
All of the medicine and magic, that keeps me breathing
Right on key, broken straps trapped in captain
That's playing just for me.
And this is so typical and raised by the arm of me
So dance to some broken cords
With broken means through open doors,
Send me with a microphone
[Repeat: x2]
Teach me something so I can go
Don't you have a lesson for me?
I raced concrete to the front row seats
Through her clothes and whiskey kisses
And left her on the street
With her hand down and her hair down
She's nothing more than a movie
That never panned out
Hey Mr. destiny,
You forgot about me,
You forgot to leave a number
You forgot to name the street,
This is American living
With my American dream,
It thunders like a river but its cold just
Like a stream.
And this is so typical, it makes body (off of me?)
So dance to some broken cords
With broken means through open doors,
Send me with a microphone,
[Repeat: x2]
Teach me something so I can go
Don't you have a lesson for me?
I know now things don't get much better than this,
And I know now, life don't get much bigger than this
So dance to some broken cords
With broken means through open doors,
Send me with a microphone,
[Repeat: x2]
Teach me something so I can go
Don't you have a lesson for me?
Lyrics submitted by Girlsdontgocrazy
American Living Lyrics as written by Gary Levox Jay Demarcus
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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