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.
The boxes piled high. no order, no mind. I'll save the work for you,
'cause I'll be busy sorting through the merrier designs I make inside.
And on the hollowest pages, the pen dissolves without the bait.
Don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space.
Tune in me tonight. turn down all the lights.
I'm just along for the ride. the moving pictures we see.
The colored cities or the sea. go and taste them one by one.
Until that time, you can't be done.
Know your station you just can't direct.
Let's plant a white one just for you.
And chart the growth until the move.
Don't try to be a model.
Don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space. tune in me tonight.
Turn down all the lights. I'm just along for the ride.
'cause I'll be busy sorting through the merrier designs I make inside.
And on the hollowest pages, the pen dissolves without the bait.
Don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space.
Tune in me tonight. turn down all the lights.
I'm just along for the ride. the moving pictures we see.
The colored cities or the sea. go and taste them one by one.
Until that time, you can't be done.
Know your station you just can't direct.
Let's plant a white one just for you.
And chart the growth until the move.
Don't try to be a model.
Don't want to waste more space.
Oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space. tune in me tonight.
Turn down all the lights. I'm just along for the ride.
Lyrics submitted by hbis4lovers
Along for the Ride Lyrics as written by Kori Gardner Hammel Jason Edward Hammel
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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the boxes piled high no order, no mind i'll save the work for you, 'cause i'll be busy sorting through the merrier designs i make inside and on the hollowest pages, the pen dissolves without the bait. don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space. oh, look at our models oh, the blasted space tune in me tonight turn down all the lights i'm just along for the ride the moving pictures we see the colored cities or the sea. go and taste them one by one. until that time, you can't be done. know your station you just can't direct let's plant a white one just for you. and chart the growth until the move. don't try to be a model. don't want to waste more space. oh, look at our models. oh, the blasted space. tune in me tonight turn down all the lights. i'm just along for the ride.
sorry I just prefere them written this way. I love this song, the line 'don't try to be a model, don' want to waste more space' its brilliant and sang in a way that cannot fail to amke me smile : )