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.
When the morning sun streaks across my room
Lord I'm wakened up from another dream of you
And I'm on the road once again it seems
That all I've left behind is a chain of broken dreams
But you know I love you yes I love you oh how I love you
I wish this love was all we'd need to live
What a life we'd have cause I've got so much to give
And it seems so wrong deep inside my heart
That this dollar sign whould be keeping us apart
But you know I love you yes I love you oh how I love you
And if only I could find my way back to the time
When the problems of this world had not yet crossed our minds
For the answer could be found in children's nursery rhymes
And I'd come running back to youand I'd come running back to you
No you know we can't live on dreams alone
Got to pay the rent got to leave you all alone
But you know I made my choice many years ago
That this traveling life is the only one I know
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
Lord I'm wakened up from another dream of you
And I'm on the road once again it seems
That all I've left behind is a chain of broken dreams
But you know I love you yes I love you oh how I love you
I wish this love was all we'd need to live
What a life we'd have cause I've got so much to give
And it seems so wrong deep inside my heart
That this dollar sign whould be keeping us apart
But you know I love you yes I love you oh how I love you
And if only I could find my way back to the time
When the problems of this world had not yet crossed our minds
For the answer could be found in children's nursery rhymes
And I'd come running back to youand I'd come running back to you
No you know we can't live on dreams alone
Got to pay the rent got to leave you all alone
But you know I made my choice many years ago
That this traveling life is the only one I know
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
But You Know I Love You Lyrics as written by Mike Settle
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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