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.
craze a chance
you learn to dance
most people they just go on
doing what they can
dont you know, dont you know
one feeds the monster
one feeds the soul
learn to see the old man
and he was sitting on his cracked land
dont you know hes tuning the wheel of everyday
and hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
if its hard, its gunna get harder
if its hard, its gunna get harder
cause the babys crying
as the old man sighs
and the babys crying
as the old man sighs
-oh go hermonica solo-
would you go
would you try to look a man in the eye
-repeat 3 times-
learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning the wheel of everyday
you learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning th wheel of everyday
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
well if its hard, its gunna get harder
if its hard, its gunna get harder
cause the babys crying
as the old man sighs
well the babys crying
as the old man sighs
(-well the babys crying-)
the babys crying
the children scream
the old man sighs as i begin to dream
(-as the old man sighs-)
the babys crying
the children laugh
the old man sighs as i take that path
-repeat-
learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning the wheel of everyday
you learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning th wheel of everyday
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
you learn to dance
most people they just go on
doing what they can
dont you know, dont you know
one feeds the monster
one feeds the soul
learn to see the old man
and he was sitting on his cracked land
dont you know hes tuning the wheel of everyday
and hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
if its hard, its gunna get harder
if its hard, its gunna get harder
cause the babys crying
as the old man sighs
and the babys crying
as the old man sighs
-oh go hermonica solo-
would you go
would you try to look a man in the eye
-repeat 3 times-
learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning the wheel of everyday
you learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning th wheel of everyday
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
well if its hard, its gunna get harder
if its hard, its gunna get harder
cause the babys crying
as the old man sighs
well the babys crying
as the old man sighs
(-well the babys crying-)
the babys crying
the children scream
the old man sighs as i begin to dream
(-as the old man sighs-)
the babys crying
the children laugh
the old man sighs as i take that path
-repeat-
learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning the wheel of everyday
you learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning th wheel of everyday
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
Lyrics submitted by La De Da
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beautiful song...anyone have insight to what it means?