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.
This morning when the sun came up,
I was still lyin' down in my bed.
But it started burning real bright
Whether or not
It was shining on my head.
Just today another flower bloomed
And I just walked right on by.
It became a little swirl of fantasy
Whether or not
It caught my eye.
I could just go round bein' down, sleepin' late,
Runnin' round in a state, feelin' dead in the head
Cause of all the things that people said.
But none of them can get inside of me.
I think I'd rather just decide not to hide
From the facts of the dark and relax cause the spark
Of the fire that's inside me isn't goin out.
The darkness just ain't gonna swallow me
(Because I'm gonna live eternally.)
I think about myself so much,
It kinda makes me ill.
I probably oughta let my cup
Just fill up
But overfill.
I was still lyin' down in my bed.
But it started burning real bright
Whether or not
It was shining on my head.
Just today another flower bloomed
And I just walked right on by.
It became a little swirl of fantasy
Whether or not
It caught my eye.
I could just go round bein' down, sleepin' late,
Runnin' round in a state, feelin' dead in the head
Cause of all the things that people said.
But none of them can get inside of me.
I think I'd rather just decide not to hide
From the facts of the dark and relax cause the spark
Of the fire that's inside me isn't goin out.
The darkness just ain't gonna swallow me
(Because I'm gonna live eternally.)
I think about myself so much,
It kinda makes me ill.
I probably oughta let my cup
Just fill up
But overfill.
Lyrics submitted by ThreeMilesDown
Whether or Not Lyrics as written by Don Chaffer
Lyrics © ESSENTIAL MUSIC PUBLISHING
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