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.
I wonder if he knows
The pleasure that he shows
I can't seem to hide from the sounds around me
I wonder where she goes
Dressed up in those clothes
We just watch her drive away
A woman sees her friends
Continuous distraction
She fills up the days
While she waits for phone calls
A life in evidence
Is evidently lonely
We all need a tale to tell
Just another list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
My view is compromised
With undernourished eyes
They watch and they wait
For an altercation
These boxes on the road
These overpriced abodes
Will somebody give them life
We occupy a space
With barriers and fences
There's no line of sight
Into this protection
Forgive us all a cheat
Is just another symptom
We all need a tale to tell
Just another list of consequences of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings that we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons and all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We will watch and learn.
We will watch you perform,
Waiting behind the seat,
Telling the tale.
I wonder if he knows
How far his pleasure goes,
It all comes apart at the stroke of midnight.
I wonder where she goes
Now she's in some clothes.
We just hear her drive away.
Just another list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We will watch and learn
We will watch you perform
Waiting behind the scenes
Telling the tale
I wonder if he knows
How far his pleasure goes
It all comes apart of the stroke of midnight
I wonder where she goes
Now she's in some clothes
We just hear her drive away
Just another list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
Life just a list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
The pleasure that he shows
I can't seem to hide from the sounds around me
I wonder where she goes
Dressed up in those clothes
We just watch her drive away
A woman sees her friends
Continuous distraction
She fills up the days
While she waits for phone calls
A life in evidence
Is evidently lonely
We all need a tale to tell
Just another list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
My view is compromised
With undernourished eyes
They watch and they wait
For an altercation
These boxes on the road
These overpriced abodes
Will somebody give them life
We occupy a space
With barriers and fences
There's no line of sight
Into this protection
Forgive us all a cheat
Is just another symptom
We all need a tale to tell
Just another list of consequences of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings that we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons and all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We will watch and learn.
We will watch you perform,
Waiting behind the seat,
Telling the tale.
I wonder if he knows
How far his pleasure goes,
It all comes apart at the stroke of midnight.
I wonder where she goes
Now she's in some clothes.
We just hear her drive away.
Just another list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We will watch and learn
We will watch you perform
Waiting behind the scenes
Telling the tale
I wonder if he knows
How far his pleasure goes
It all comes apart of the stroke of midnight
I wonder where she goes
Now she's in some clothes
We just hear her drive away
Just another list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
Life just a list of consequences
Of things that we do
Just another hit of happenings
That we have to live through
In and out of all the reasons
And all the whys and wherefores
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
We just want to keep on breathing
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"A woman sees her friends continuous distraction, she fills up the days while she waits for phone calls."
People complain about their friends, but they wait for them and depend on them all the same.
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"Just another list of consequences of things that we do Just another hit of happenings that we have to live through In and out of all the reasons and all the whys and wherefores We just want to keep on breathing."
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