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.
Let's fall deeper into sleep
Our dreams become fake reality
I wake, I hope, I'm on my way to a coast
Where I know the roads like
The back of my hand
Familiar landscapes
And I know that this is new
Like your first day of school
And you're feeling awkward
Like you miss your home
And it leaves you with an empty feeling
I just can't take it anymore
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore
You feel deeply misplaced
Your world has been built to crumble
You hope and you pray
Every day, it works out
And it leaves me with this empty feeling
I just can't take it anymore
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore, anymore
My heart can't take this anymore, anymore
What better time than now
To bandage your bleeding
And I won't stop 'til I fix your misleading
Your charm, of course
You use as a weapon
But my heart can't take it
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore
What do you want from me?
(What do you want from me?)
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
(What do you want from me?)
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore
Let's fall deeper into sleep
Our dreams become fake reality
We hope and we pray
Every day, it works out
It leaves me with this empty feeling
I just can't take this anymore
Our dreams become fake reality
I wake, I hope, I'm on my way to a coast
Where I know the roads like
The back of my hand
Familiar landscapes
And I know that this is new
Like your first day of school
And you're feeling awkward
Like you miss your home
And it leaves you with an empty feeling
I just can't take it anymore
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore
You feel deeply misplaced
Your world has been built to crumble
You hope and you pray
Every day, it works out
And it leaves me with this empty feeling
I just can't take it anymore
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore, anymore
My heart can't take this anymore, anymore
What better time than now
To bandage your bleeding
And I won't stop 'til I fix your misleading
Your charm, of course
You use as a weapon
But my heart can't take it
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore
What do you want from me?
(What do you want from me?)
What do you want from me?
What do you want from my life?
What do you want from me?
(What do you want from me?)
'cause my heart can't take it
My heart can't take this anymore
Let's fall deeper into sleep
Our dreams become fake reality
We hope and we pray
Every day, it works out
It leaves me with this empty feeling
I just can't take this anymore
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