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.
Come on!
I can see her now
Dancing around, her drink in hand
All her baggage in tow
I just want to forget and let go
All of the joy and
All of the pain
I took your guilt and placed it into me
And now I kiss it goodbye
Our last dance ended fatally
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died
There she goes again
Another masquerade in false circumstance
She'll fuck you just for the taste
I just wish that I could replace
All the memories of what makes my blood run cold
And as your blood runs through me
I say goodbye to what we had
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died
She came and went
I gnawed through my lip
Make-up smeared in her eyes
Each sob's a reason to say goodbye
Sometimes when you're holding on
You'll never see the light
With flowers in her hair
Gazed upon with dead lovers eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right
I felt so wrong
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died
YOU JUST DIED!!!
I can see her now
Dancing around, her drink in hand
All her baggage in tow
I just want to forget and let go
All of the joy and
All of the pain
I took your guilt and placed it into me
And now I kiss it goodbye
Our last dance ended fatally
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died
There she goes again
Another masquerade in false circumstance
She'll fuck you just for the taste
I just wish that I could replace
All the memories of what makes my blood run cold
And as your blood runs through me
I say goodbye to what we had
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died
She came and went
I gnawed through my lip
Make-up smeared in her eyes
Each sob's a reason to say goodbye
Sometimes when you're holding on
You'll never see the light
With flowers in her hair
Gazed upon with dead lovers eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right
I felt so wrong
Who's sleeping on my side of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Baby you just died
YOU JUST DIED!!!
Lyrics submitted by El_Diablo_1987
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