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.
Got a package full of wishes
A time machine, a magic wand
A globe made out of gold
No instructions or commandments
Laws of gravity or
Indecision's to uphold
Printed on the box I see
Acme's build a world to be
Take a chance, grab a piece
Help me to believe it
What kind of world do you want?
Think anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now
Should there be people or peoples
Money, funny pedestals for fools who never pay
Raise your army, choose your steeple
Don't be shy, the satellites can look the other way
Lose the earthquakes, keep the faults
Fill the oceans without the salt
Let every man own his own hand
Can you dig it, baby?
What kind of world do you want?
Think anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now
Sunlight's on the bridge
Sunlight's on the way
Tomorrow's calling
There's more to this than love
What kind of world do you want
What kind of world do you want
What kind of world do you want
Think anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece, yeah
History starts now
Starts now
Be careful what you wish for
Start now
Now
A time machine, a magic wand
A globe made out of gold
No instructions or commandments
Laws of gravity or
Indecision's to uphold
Printed on the box I see
Acme's build a world to be
Take a chance, grab a piece
Help me to believe it
What kind of world do you want?
Think anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now
Should there be people or peoples
Money, funny pedestals for fools who never pay
Raise your army, choose your steeple
Don't be shy, the satellites can look the other way
Lose the earthquakes, keep the faults
Fill the oceans without the salt
Let every man own his own hand
Can you dig it, baby?
What kind of world do you want?
Think anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now
Sunlight's on the bridge
Sunlight's on the way
Tomorrow's calling
There's more to this than love
What kind of world do you want
What kind of world do you want
What kind of world do you want
Think anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece, yeah
History starts now
Starts now
Be careful what you wish for
Start now
Now
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I want a world with peace...
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