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.
Grown up, she just turned sixteen
Stuck in the moment, dead at the scene
And it's on tonight
This is the life that you wanted, right?
So turn off all the lights
Dressed up just like a movie star
At all the parties they'll know who you are
Wouldn't it be great, to be fashionably late?
So why don't you wait, 'til you're sedated
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Step in and you can lock the door
The candles are lit and the clothes on the floor
You could take a chance on finding romance
Now you're holding hands
But he's got other plans
Tick-tock, the clock is turning red
The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head
And it's too late
You feel like you're making a big mistake
You should've waited
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
So just wait, love
Show 'em what you're made of
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Stuck in the moment, dead at the scene
And it's on tonight
This is the life that you wanted, right?
So turn off all the lights
Dressed up just like a movie star
At all the parties they'll know who you are
Wouldn't it be great, to be fashionably late?
So why don't you wait, 'til you're sedated
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Step in and you can lock the door
The candles are lit and the clothes on the floor
You could take a chance on finding romance
Now you're holding hands
But he's got other plans
Tick-tock, the clock is turning red
The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head
And it's too late
You feel like you're making a big mistake
You should've waited
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
So just wait, love
Show 'em what you're made of
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
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Dance Hall Drug Lyrics as written by Martin Johnson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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the right lyrics for some of the parts in this song
"Grown up- she just turned 16" "To be fashionably late" "Don't it feel like something's not right in this kiss tonight?" "Then you should pack it up and say goodbye" "Step in and you can lock the door"
but i love this song