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.
Just for the record let's get this story straight
Me and Uncle Tom were fishing it was getting pretty late
Out on a cypress limb above the wishin' well
Where they say it got no bottom say it take you down to Hell
Over in the bushes and off to the right
Come two men talking in the pale moonlight
Sheriff John Brady and Deputy Hedge
Haulin' two limp bodies down to the water's edge
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin, oh yeah
I know a secret that I just can't tell
They didn't see me and Tom in the trees
Neither one believing what the other could see
Tossed in the bodies let 'em sink on down
To the bottom of the well where they'd never be found
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin, oh yeah
I know a secret that I just can't tell
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
I know a secret that I just can't tell
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
Know who put the bodies in the wishing well
Soon as they were gone me and Tom got down
Prayin' real hard that we wouldn't make a sound
Running through the woods back to Uncle Tom's shack
Where the full moon shines throught the roof tile cracks
Oh my God Tom
Who are we gonna tell
The sheriff he belongs in a prison cell
Keep your mouth shut that's what we're gonna do
Unless you wanna wind up in the wishin' well too, oh
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
I know a secret that I just can't tell
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin , oh yeah
I know a secret that I just can't tell
Oh, I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
Know who put the bodies
Know who put the bodies in the wishing well
Oh yeah
Me and Uncle Tom were fishing it was getting pretty late
Out on a cypress limb above the wishin' well
Where they say it got no bottom say it take you down to Hell
Over in the bushes and off to the right
Come two men talking in the pale moonlight
Sheriff John Brady and Deputy Hedge
Haulin' two limp bodies down to the water's edge
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin, oh yeah
I know a secret that I just can't tell
They didn't see me and Tom in the trees
Neither one believing what the other could see
Tossed in the bodies let 'em sink on down
To the bottom of the well where they'd never be found
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin, oh yeah
I know a secret that I just can't tell
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
I know a secret that I just can't tell
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
Know who put the bodies in the wishing well
Soon as they were gone me and Tom got down
Prayin' real hard that we wouldn't make a sound
Running through the woods back to Uncle Tom's shack
Where the full moon shines throught the roof tile cracks
Oh my God Tom
Who are we gonna tell
The sheriff he belongs in a prison cell
Keep your mouth shut that's what we're gonna do
Unless you wanna wind up in the wishin' well too, oh
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
I know a secret that I just can't tell
I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin , oh yeah
I know a secret that I just can't tell
Oh, I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin
Know who put the bodies
Know who put the bodies in the wishing well
Oh yeah
Lyrics submitted by MetallicaFan923
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