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.
She's a ditz but I don't worry about that
trade her in when her mouth gets bigger than her ass
I guess I'm a winner because when I open my mouth I just get thinner
sometimes it's an inconvenience but I don't worry about that
Hit or miss, well I'll let you worry about that
trade ‘em in when their egos get bigger that their fans
I guess I'm a sinner because when I open my mouth there ain't no winner
sometimes I'm an inconvenience but don't you worry about that
no don't you worry about that
Comfortable criminals
bleeding out rock and roll
comfortable criminals like to lay low
Zero's in but don't you worry about that
it's a business just like guns and leg hold traps
I guess heads are thicker
so when you open your mouth you'd better think twice quicker
sometimes you're an inconvenience
but don't you worry about that
Every now and then we lose a little
every now and then it's back to the middle
like it's the beginning of the end
every now and then we lose some sight
every now and then you know the money's all right
so it's easy to defend
every now and then I wipe the look off my face
every now and then it puts me back in my place
like it's been a while
Comfortable criminals
bleeding out rock and roll
comfortable criminals like to lay low
they like to lay low
trade her in when her mouth gets bigger than her ass
I guess I'm a winner because when I open my mouth I just get thinner
sometimes it's an inconvenience but I don't worry about that
Hit or miss, well I'll let you worry about that
trade ‘em in when their egos get bigger that their fans
I guess I'm a sinner because when I open my mouth there ain't no winner
sometimes I'm an inconvenience but don't you worry about that
no don't you worry about that
Comfortable criminals
bleeding out rock and roll
comfortable criminals like to lay low
Zero's in but don't you worry about that
it's a business just like guns and leg hold traps
I guess heads are thicker
so when you open your mouth you'd better think twice quicker
sometimes you're an inconvenience
but don't you worry about that
Every now and then we lose a little
every now and then it's back to the middle
like it's the beginning of the end
every now and then we lose some sight
every now and then you know the money's all right
so it's easy to defend
every now and then I wipe the look off my face
every now and then it puts me back in my place
like it's been a while
Comfortable criminals
bleeding out rock and roll
comfortable criminals like to lay low
they like to lay low
Lyrics submitted by honeypants
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