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.
All you'd show is love
Yet all I'd see is hate
You know that something's wrong
I know I can't relate
Wind is blowing pleasure by
And I don't feel a thing
Emotion fills the sky
Erosion clouds my brain
I can't seem to breathe in
I can't seem to see then
Through the deafening silence of pain
- Left all alone again
Imprisoned by this selfish reign
- with no more rules to bend
I think I'm breaking down
And if I had just one more day
I'd tell you everything
Everything I had to say
I miss you
And if I had just one more day
I'd show you one last thing
Honesty believes in fate
'cause fate is what I've gained
Strength has come and gone
So now I lie in wait
The void is never long
The core belief in fate
I've been down this lonely road
Before I know the way
As situations change
The answers will remain
Now I've got a reason
As time has brought new seasons
To carry me from this pain
- Left all alone again
Living proof of selfless gain
- With no more rules to bend
I think I'm breaking down
And if I had just one more day
I'd tell you everything
Everything I had to say
I miss you
And if I had just one more day
I'd show you one last thing
Honesty believes in fate
'cause fate is what I've gained
Fate is what I've gained!
I've been down this road
The answer's still the same
And if I had just one more day
I'd tell you everything
Everything I had to say
I miss you
And if I had just one more day
I'd show you one last thing
Honesty believes in fate
'cause fate is what I've gained
- and if I had just one more day
Fate is what I've gained
- and if I had just one more day
Fate is what I've gained
And if I had just one more day
Yet all I'd see is hate
You know that something's wrong
I know I can't relate
Wind is blowing pleasure by
And I don't feel a thing
Emotion fills the sky
Erosion clouds my brain
I can't seem to breathe in
I can't seem to see then
Through the deafening silence of pain
- Left all alone again
Imprisoned by this selfish reign
- with no more rules to bend
I think I'm breaking down
And if I had just one more day
I'd tell you everything
Everything I had to say
I miss you
And if I had just one more day
I'd show you one last thing
Honesty believes in fate
'cause fate is what I've gained
Strength has come and gone
So now I lie in wait
The void is never long
The core belief in fate
I've been down this lonely road
Before I know the way
As situations change
The answers will remain
Now I've got a reason
As time has brought new seasons
To carry me from this pain
- Left all alone again
Living proof of selfless gain
- With no more rules to bend
I think I'm breaking down
And if I had just one more day
I'd tell you everything
Everything I had to say
I miss you
And if I had just one more day
I'd show you one last thing
Honesty believes in fate
'cause fate is what I've gained
Fate is what I've gained!
I've been down this road
The answer's still the same
And if I had just one more day
I'd tell you everything
Everything I had to say
I miss you
And if I had just one more day
I'd show you one last thing
Honesty believes in fate
'cause fate is what I've gained
- and if I had just one more day
Fate is what I've gained
- and if I had just one more day
Fate is what I've gained
And if I had just one more day
Lyrics submitted by jimfear14
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