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.
Close your eyes real tight
Underneath the city lights
And you can't hear the noise below your room
Take a real deep breath
And get those feelings off your chest
We'll work it out and wake up in each other's arms
Underneath it's never over
Looking back over my shoulder
Looking back over my shoulder
Underneath it's never over
We always said that we would meet again
When we were ten years older
I hadn't thought about her in a while
Until she showed up in a dream I had
Lying listless in a bed
With a string of broken hearts
Hanging from her finger
I said, “Let's take a drive with a pack of camel lights
Into the middle of nowhere and talk about our lives”
And hear me say
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Chin up, chin up until it touches the moon
Sad and forsaken one
It's you I'm talking to
You can't take it back, no
You can't take it back, no
That's bullshit
I took it and crushed it and painted it black
I swallowed the match
It's burning at my insides
So
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Chin up, chin up until it touches the moon
Sad and forsaken one
It's you I'm talking to
Close your eyes real tight
Underneath the city lights
And you can't hear the noise below your room
Take a real deep breath
And get those feelings off your chest
We'll work it out and wake up in each other's arms
Underneath it's never over
Looking back over my shoulder
Looking back over my shoulder
Underneath it's never over
We always said that we would meet again
When we were ten years older
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Chin up, chin up until it touches the moon
Sad and forsaken one
It's you I'm talking to
Underneath the city lights
And you can't hear the noise below your room
Take a real deep breath
And get those feelings off your chest
We'll work it out and wake up in each other's arms
Underneath it's never over
Looking back over my shoulder
Looking back over my shoulder
Underneath it's never over
We always said that we would meet again
When we were ten years older
I hadn't thought about her in a while
Until she showed up in a dream I had
Lying listless in a bed
With a string of broken hearts
Hanging from her finger
I said, “Let's take a drive with a pack of camel lights
Into the middle of nowhere and talk about our lives”
And hear me say
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Chin up, chin up until it touches the moon
Sad and forsaken one
It's you I'm talking to
You can't take it back, no
You can't take it back, no
That's bullshit
I took it and crushed it and painted it black
I swallowed the match
It's burning at my insides
So
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Chin up, chin up until it touches the moon
Sad and forsaken one
It's you I'm talking to
Close your eyes real tight
Underneath the city lights
And you can't hear the noise below your room
Take a real deep breath
And get those feelings off your chest
We'll work it out and wake up in each other's arms
Underneath it's never over
Looking back over my shoulder
Looking back over my shoulder
Underneath it's never over
We always said that we would meet again
When we were ten years older
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Listen up, silence, can't let it go, gotta get it out
Chin up, chin up until it touches the moon
Sad and forsaken one
It's you I'm talking to
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Oh come on. Kick ass song, a little differnt from the old Catch 22, but still good!