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.
Everywhere you go perfection
Follows you the wrong direction
And you will never see if for
You get all that you need and more
You see it, you want it
You find it, it's yours
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Choose the moods that you fake when you want
You said your life needed something special
Which you don't have, yeah
Well, aren't you glad?
The only one of five exception
The child of your pride is deception
And on your list of things to do
Is make me fall in love with you
You find one, you want one
'Cause I'm one, who plays, yeah
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Choose the moods that you fake when you want
You said, your life needed something special
Which you don't have, yeah
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Rest and wake anyway that you want
You said your life needed something special
Well, here I am, yeah, yeah
Well, aren't you glad, yeah yeah
Now you got it bad
I know you do, yeah yeah
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Choose the moods that you fake when you want
You said your life needed something special
Which you don't have, yeah
That you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Rest and wake anyway that you want
You said your life needed something special
Well, here I am, baby
And aren't you glad, yeah yeah
Well, aren't you glad, yeah yeah yeah
And aren't you glad, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Follows you the wrong direction
And you will never see if for
You get all that you need and more
You see it, you want it
You find it, it's yours
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Choose the moods that you fake when you want
You said your life needed something special
Which you don't have, yeah
Well, aren't you glad?
The only one of five exception
The child of your pride is deception
And on your list of things to do
Is make me fall in love with you
You find one, you want one
'Cause I'm one, who plays, yeah
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Choose the moods that you fake when you want
You said, your life needed something special
Which you don't have, yeah
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Rest and wake anyway that you want
You said your life needed something special
Well, here I am, yeah, yeah
Well, aren't you glad, yeah yeah
Now you got it bad
I know you do, yeah yeah
But you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Choose the moods that you fake when you want
You said your life needed something special
Which you don't have, yeah
That you can't say what you want or
Take what you want or
Rest and wake anyway that you want
You said your life needed something special
Well, here I am, baby
And aren't you glad, yeah yeah
Well, aren't you glad, yeah yeah yeah
And aren't you glad, yeah yeah yeah yeah
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