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.
So we pull into your driveway
I don’t want you to leave
The stars get your attention
I lean back in my seat and we just talk
And listen to the mix that you had made me days before
And I was never good at this
Insinuating lines that might lead to that first kiss
So roll your eyes with every awkward line I fumble
Until I get this right
Was I wrong to take this bound
‘Cause I’m in love with what I found
But you’re coy and you’re holding things back
And I know you but I can’t see through
These doors that you won’t let me in
I guess I’ll turn around, I’ll turn around, and go
Well I’ll just go
And I’ll wake up with this taste of
A bitter sweet despair
‘Cause holding you is like fighting for
A final breath of air that drifts the room tonight
I’m getting tight and I can feel you falling off
Was I wrong to take this bound
‘Cause I’m in love with what I found
But you’re coy and you’re holding things back
And I know you but I can’t see through
These doors that you won’t let me in
I guess I’ll turn around, I’ll turn around, and go
Well I’ll just go
So give me one more chance I’ll take this
One more shot I’ll make this
One more feeling I can’t get from anyone but you, but you
But you’re coy and you’re holding things back
And I know you but I can’t see through
These doors that you won’t let me in
I guess I’ll wait around, I’ll wait around
I don’t want you to leave
The stars get your attention
I lean back in my seat and we just talk
And listen to the mix that you had made me days before
And I was never good at this
Insinuating lines that might lead to that first kiss
So roll your eyes with every awkward line I fumble
Until I get this right
Was I wrong to take this bound
‘Cause I’m in love with what I found
But you’re coy and you’re holding things back
And I know you but I can’t see through
These doors that you won’t let me in
I guess I’ll turn around, I’ll turn around, and go
Well I’ll just go
And I’ll wake up with this taste of
A bitter sweet despair
‘Cause holding you is like fighting for
A final breath of air that drifts the room tonight
I’m getting tight and I can feel you falling off
Was I wrong to take this bound
‘Cause I’m in love with what I found
But you’re coy and you’re holding things back
And I know you but I can’t see through
These doors that you won’t let me in
I guess I’ll turn around, I’ll turn around, and go
Well I’ll just go
So give me one more chance I’ll take this
One more shot I’ll make this
One more feeling I can’t get from anyone but you, but you
But you’re coy and you’re holding things back
And I know you but I can’t see through
These doors that you won’t let me in
I guess I’ll wait around, I’ll wait around
Lyrics submitted by maraschin0
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