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.
There's the strangest excitement today
If you're awake then you're welcome to hear
I got a gift and it blew me away
From the far eastern sea, straight to here
Oh god, I feel like I'm in for it now
It's like the rush has gone straight to my brain
God, my voice is as lonely as loud
As I whisper the joy of this pain
And suddenly
You've done it all
You've won me over
In no time at all
And now, I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know disappear
If you ask I will do what you say
All we have is this night to get though
With the taste of the smile you're only
You left me all up in arms and confused
Oh god, I feel like I'm in for it now
And how this kiss will be one, roughly vague
I swear I'll melt if you touch me at all
And then I'll ask you to do it again and again
And suddenly
You've done it all
You've won me over
In no time at all
And now, I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light up a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world that we know disappear
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know disappear
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
And now, I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world that we know disappear
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know disappear
Make world we know disappear
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
If you're awake then you're welcome to hear
I got a gift and it blew me away
From the far eastern sea, straight to here
Oh god, I feel like I'm in for it now
It's like the rush has gone straight to my brain
God, my voice is as lonely as loud
As I whisper the joy of this pain
And suddenly
You've done it all
You've won me over
In no time at all
And now, I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know disappear
If you ask I will do what you say
All we have is this night to get though
With the taste of the smile you're only
You left me all up in arms and confused
Oh god, I feel like I'm in for it now
And how this kiss will be one, roughly vague
I swear I'll melt if you touch me at all
And then I'll ask you to do it again and again
And suddenly
You've done it all
You've won me over
In no time at all
And now, I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light up a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world that we know disappear
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know disappear
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
And now, I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world that we know disappear
I'll stop the storm if it rains
I'll light a path far from here
I'll make your fear melt away
And the world we know disappear
Make world we know disappear
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Oh, ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, yeah
Lyrics submitted by zerpbrandon
The Gift Lyrics as written by Thomas Delonge
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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