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.
What if just like everyone else
You were kidding yourself
And you decided the love you'd been resisting
Had only your best interests in mind
Would you look at yourself in the mirror and try
To restore your illusions with lies
Or would you sit like you do sometimes
In the kitchen and smile
What if just like everyone else
You were fooling yourself all along
And what you had believed would be right turned out to be so wrong
Ooh, just like everyone else, just like everyone else,
just like everyone else.
But how come every time I go inside
I've got to be so scared
It seems almost as if every time I close my eyes I disappear
If I remember correctly I meant to repent it
Forget it directly and get some professional help
What if just like everyone else
I've be fooling myself all along
And that which I perceived to be weak turned out to be so strong
Ooh, just like everyone else, just like everyone else,
just like everyone else.
Ooh, just like everyone else, just like everyone else,
just like everyone else.
You were kidding yourself
And you decided the love you'd been resisting
Had only your best interests in mind
Would you look at yourself in the mirror and try
To restore your illusions with lies
Or would you sit like you do sometimes
In the kitchen and smile
What if just like everyone else
You were fooling yourself all along
And what you had believed would be right turned out to be so wrong
Ooh, just like everyone else, just like everyone else,
just like everyone else.
But how come every time I go inside
I've got to be so scared
It seems almost as if every time I close my eyes I disappear
If I remember correctly I meant to repent it
Forget it directly and get some professional help
What if just like everyone else
I've be fooling myself all along
And that which I perceived to be weak turned out to be so strong
Ooh, just like everyone else, just like everyone else,
just like everyone else.
Ooh, just like everyone else, just like everyone else,
just like everyone else.
Lyrics submitted by ThreeMilesDown
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