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.
First day of the rest of my life
I never wanted to go
A blank stare from a positive mind
Is all I want you to know
Past down by the hands of the wise
And what they showed me was broke
Kicked out by the boot of the bunch
I never wanted a show
Pass out from this use of the sunlight
Without a, a mechanical device
Anymore comfort rolls and a pack of twine
With all the hands to protect you
From the ghouls and the bears and uncomfortable stares
That will illegally taunt you
First sight of the rest of my life
I never wanted to go
A blank stare from a positive mind
Is all I wanted to know
Brought up by the love of my life
Though never knowing, it shows
In no time I'll be counting the line
Between my sickness and gold
Pass out from this use of the sunlight
(This spaceship is out of control)
Without a, a mechanical device
Anymore comfort rolls and a pack of twine
With all the hands to protect you
From the ghouls and the bears and uncomfortable stares
That will illegally taunt you
All my life I've waited for days that wait days that wait forever
All this waiting never got me paid
But I don't want money 'cause it gets you faster
Pass out from this use of the sunlight
(This spaceship is out of control)
Without a, a mechanical device
Anymore comfort rolls and a pack of twine
With all the hands to protect you
From the ghouls and the bears and uncomfortable stares
That will illegally taunt you
I never wanted to go
A blank stare from a positive mind
Is all I want you to know
Past down by the hands of the wise
And what they showed me was broke
Kicked out by the boot of the bunch
I never wanted a show
Pass out from this use of the sunlight
Without a, a mechanical device
Anymore comfort rolls and a pack of twine
With all the hands to protect you
From the ghouls and the bears and uncomfortable stares
That will illegally taunt you
First sight of the rest of my life
I never wanted to go
A blank stare from a positive mind
Is all I wanted to know
Brought up by the love of my life
Though never knowing, it shows
In no time I'll be counting the line
Between my sickness and gold
Pass out from this use of the sunlight
(This spaceship is out of control)
Without a, a mechanical device
Anymore comfort rolls and a pack of twine
With all the hands to protect you
From the ghouls and the bears and uncomfortable stares
That will illegally taunt you
All my life I've waited for days that wait days that wait forever
All this waiting never got me paid
But I don't want money 'cause it gets you faster
Pass out from this use of the sunlight
(This spaceship is out of control)
Without a, a mechanical device
Anymore comfort rolls and a pack of twine
With all the hands to protect you
From the ghouls and the bears and uncomfortable stares
That will illegally taunt you
Lyrics submitted by wiltedhopesx
The Rest of My Life Lyrics as written by Jeffrey Steele Alan Gordon Anderson
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Thanks for taking a stab at this song. It is one of my favorites from the new album.
i want to know what they yell during the first line of the last chorus.
"this spaceship is out of control" ? that's what it sounds like to me. haha
yeah its "this spaceship is out of control" but i dont really get it there are only a few minor mistakes in these lyrics like "their" should be "the" and theres an unnecessary 'the' but otherwise theyre right
all my life i waited for days that wait for days that wait forever. all this waiting never got me paid but i don't want money because it gets you faster
i love that
Brought up by the love of my life Though never knowing, it shows In no time I'll be counting the line Between my sickness and gold
Pretty much sums up the human condition.