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.
You were the edge of seventeen
When you first came on the scene
Whips and chains still hiding in the closet
You're gonna use that dirty talk
And destroy them with your walk
Knock them out before they know it
You play your games but it's all the same
There ain't no one that can hold your reigns
You'll be going down
On the edge of seventeen
Now you're the cat who's got the cream
Living off of all those dreams
And there's nothing you would do to stop it
I can see you going down
Like you're buying up the town
Beauty pays and you show you know it
You play your games but it's all the same
There ain't no one that can hold your reigns
When you first came on the scene
Whips and chains still hiding in the closet
You're gonna use that dirty talk
And destroy them with your walk
Knock them out before they know it
You play your games but it's all the same
There ain't no one that can hold your reigns
You'll be going down
On the edge of seventeen
Now you're the cat who's got the cream
Living off of all those dreams
And there's nothing you would do to stop it
I can see you going down
Like you're buying up the town
Beauty pays and you show you know it
You play your games but it's all the same
There ain't no one that can hold your reigns
Lyrics submitted by eyrian
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