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.
Cold and fever
Wrap disease around your neck
Here's hemostats to stop the flow of blood
Summer freckles hide the roses on your cheeks
Does heaven keep a place for her inside?
Breathe till it freezes
Colors carry phantoms to their graves
What leaks in, will seep out
The run-off from the gutter tells the story of our child
The message in the water
"The kids are going home tonight"
I know the voice of orderly all too well
"Call the parents on theirs cell phones"
You see, they need to get get here right now
Because there is and angel in the place of the boy next door
I'm afraid I've got some bad news
Something's in this room tonight
And something's in this place
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Something's in this room tonight
Death has found escape
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Look under the bed
Look under the bed
Stop striking matches to disguise the smell
We all know
All day all night all we hear
Is blue bouncing through the walls as Madre' Santiago
Takes a knee and she screams to the fluorescents
"All our lives for this one night"
"Our sleep can't hide from you"
"So take my dreams in place of me"
"I reach my hand to you"
I'm afraid I've got some bad news
Something's in this room tonight
And something's in this place
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Something's in this room tonight
Death has found escape
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Look under the bed
Look under the bed
Slip through the crack
A gathering of adults,
White skirts, blue-green scrubs
Shaking their heads
Stop pointing your fingers and making your rounds
It's not going to be me
It's not going to be me
Wrap disease around your neck
Here's hemostats to stop the flow of blood
Summer freckles hide the roses on your cheeks
Does heaven keep a place for her inside?
Breathe till it freezes
Colors carry phantoms to their graves
What leaks in, will seep out
The run-off from the gutter tells the story of our child
The message in the water
"The kids are going home tonight"
I know the voice of orderly all too well
"Call the parents on theirs cell phones"
You see, they need to get get here right now
Because there is and angel in the place of the boy next door
I'm afraid I've got some bad news
Something's in this room tonight
And something's in this place
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Something's in this room tonight
Death has found escape
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Look under the bed
Look under the bed
Stop striking matches to disguise the smell
We all know
All day all night all we hear
Is blue bouncing through the walls as Madre' Santiago
Takes a knee and she screams to the fluorescents
"All our lives for this one night"
"Our sleep can't hide from you"
"So take my dreams in place of me"
"I reach my hand to you"
I'm afraid I've got some bad news
Something's in this room tonight
And something's in this place
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Something's in this room tonight
Death has found escape
And I'm right here waiting
And I'm right here
Look under the bed
Look under the bed
Slip through the crack
A gathering of adults,
White skirts, blue-green scrubs
Shaking their heads
Stop pointing your fingers and making your rounds
It's not going to be me
It's not going to be me
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Cold and fever wrap disease around your neck. Here's hemostats to stop the flow of blood. Summer freckles hide the roses on your cheeks. Does heaven keep a place for her inside? Breathe until it freezes, colors carry phantoms to theirs graves. What leaks in, will seep out, the run-off from the gutter tells the story of our child. The message in the water, "the kids are going home tonight" I know the voice of orderly all too well. "Call the parents on theirs cell phones." You see, they need to get get here right now, because there is an angel in the place of the boy next door. "I'm afraid I've got some bad news" Something's in this room tonight, and something's in this place and I'm right here waiting. Something's in this room tonight, death has found escape and I'm right here waiting and I'm right here. Look under the bed. Stop striking matches to disguise the smell, we all know, all day all night all we hear, is blue bouncing through the walls as Madre' Santiago takes a knee and she screams to the fluorescents. "All our lives for this one night." "Our sleep can't hide from you." "So take my dreams in place of me." "I reach my hand to you." Something's in this room tonight, and something's in this place and I'm right here waiting. Something's in this room tonight, death has found escape and I'm right here waiting and I'm right here. Look under the bed. Slip through the crack, a gathering of adults, white skirts, blue-green scrubs shaking their heads. Stop pointing your fingers and making your rounds, its not going to be me, its not going to be me.