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.
"Ha ha ha ha"
Everybody here in this small town
Looks used and abused at bay
Everybody here's looking outside in
Seems like nothing ever changes
Everybody, they just want to have a good time
Everybody, they just want to forget
Everybody wants to feel like they did
When the sky looked blue
And the world was perfect
I don't care
I just want to die pretty
I just want to get lost in the motion
I just want to get lost in my beautiful self
I just want to get lost in the city
I don't want to live forever
I just want to die a beautiful death
"Ha ha ha ha"
(Ugh)
Yeah, I got to get the hell out of this town
Everybody's looking upside-down
Everybody here is looking for the same thing
When it seems like nothing ever changes
Everybody they just want to find a slow ride
Everybody they just want to get by
Everybody wants to feel like they did
When the sky looked high
And the world was simple
I don't care
I just want to die pretty
I just want to get lost in the motion
I just want to get lost in my beautiful self
I just want to get lost in the city
I don't want to live forever
I want to die a beautiful death
I want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die pretty
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
I just want to die pretty
Oh (oh)
I just want to die pretty
Oh (oh)
Sometimes I just want to die
I just want to get lost in the moment
I just want to get lost inside the city tonight
I just want to get lost inside myself
I don't care about nothing
I just want to get lost in the motion
I just want to get lost in my beautiful self
I just want to get lost in the city
I don't want to live forever
I want to die a beautiful death
I want to die a beautiful death
Yes, I want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die pretty
"Oh yeah"
Everybody here in this small town
Looks used and abused at bay
Everybody here's looking outside in
Seems like nothing ever changes
Everybody, they just want to have a good time
Everybody, they just want to forget
Everybody wants to feel like they did
When the sky looked blue
And the world was perfect
I don't care
I just want to die pretty
I just want to get lost in the motion
I just want to get lost in my beautiful self
I just want to get lost in the city
I don't want to live forever
I just want to die a beautiful death
"Ha ha ha ha"
(Ugh)
Yeah, I got to get the hell out of this town
Everybody's looking upside-down
Everybody here is looking for the same thing
When it seems like nothing ever changes
Everybody they just want to find a slow ride
Everybody they just want to get by
Everybody wants to feel like they did
When the sky looked high
And the world was simple
I don't care
I just want to die pretty
I just want to get lost in the motion
I just want to get lost in my beautiful self
I just want to get lost in the city
I don't want to live forever
I want to die a beautiful death
I want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die pretty
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
I just want to die pretty
Oh (oh)
I just want to die pretty
Oh (oh)
Sometimes I just want to die
I just want to get lost in the moment
I just want to get lost inside the city tonight
I just want to get lost inside myself
I don't care about nothing
I just want to get lost in the motion
I just want to get lost in my beautiful self
I just want to get lost in the city
I don't want to live forever
I want to die a beautiful death
I want to die a beautiful death
Yes, I want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die a beautiful death
I just want to die pretty
"Oh yeah"
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84
I Want to Die a Beautiful Death Lyrics as written by Craig Montoya Art Alexakis
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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No one has commented on this song?! I think this song is great! It's sort of an unspoken thing thats finally been said... who doesn't want to die pretty? Sure, it's a little morbid, but it's going to happen anyway... he doesn't want to die desperate, curled up in the corner of his room, he doesn't want to die a horrid death, mauled by some animal. However, I haven't exactly figured out how one "dies pretty." It's sort of an oxymoron, but I'm sure there's some heroic death out there that might fit the word "beautiful." It's something to think about, anyway.
Yeah, I do want to die pretty. Good song.