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.
As pretty as a song
A song could ever be
Like Christmas on a river
Without a boat or Christmas tree
This afternoon with you is something like a letter
The kind that someone writes but never sends
And when you look at me it reminds me that someday it’s gonna end
And when you pass on oh god I bet you miss your friends
As simple as a breeze tugging hard upon the sail
Been moving through these streets forever
From Istanbul to Amsterdam
As pretty as a song
A song could ever be
Like Christmas on a river
Without a boat or Christmas tree
This afternoon with you is something like a letter
The kind that someone writes but never sends
And when you look at me it reminds me that someday it’s gonna end
And when you pass on oh god I bet you miss your friends
A song could ever be
Like Christmas on a river
Without a boat or Christmas tree
This afternoon with you is something like a letter
The kind that someone writes but never sends
And when you look at me it reminds me that someday it’s gonna end
And when you pass on oh god I bet you miss your friends
As simple as a breeze tugging hard upon the sail
Been moving through these streets forever
From Istanbul to Amsterdam
As pretty as a song
A song could ever be
Like Christmas on a river
Without a boat or Christmas tree
This afternoon with you is something like a letter
The kind that someone writes but never sends
And when you look at me it reminds me that someday it’s gonna end
And when you pass on oh god I bet you miss your friends
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this version is soo much better than "friends", though. its so much more beautiful and just... pure