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.
I make a miserable D.J. getting drunk, playing records up late
Wearing out a hole in my heart on the couch from when you went away
Today wrote out a prescription leave all calls to the answering machine
I donâ??t remember anything but I know that you know where Iâ??ve been
Where would I go?
What would I do?
I would be nowhere with out you
Now I know heavens above you I can grow
I just canâ??t make it on my own
Watching terrible T.V itâ??s ok all our secrets we keep
I used to dream of broken teeth now I lie awake watching you sleep
If Iâ??m so independent why when you leave am I digging up holes
To hide and wait 'til you come back like a bad actor between roles
Where would I go?
What would I do?
I would be nowhere without you
Now I know heavens above you I can grow
I just canâ??t make it on my own
Good morning baby itâ??s raining outside
But weâ??ve got all day and the suns in your eyes
Frisky on whisky weâ??re champagne and wine
Drinking in, sinking in love
Where weâ??ll go I gloriously donâ??t know
Iâ??m nowhere without you
(now I know)
Heavenâ??s above you
(I can grow)
Wearing out a hole in my heart on the couch from when you went away
Today wrote out a prescription leave all calls to the answering machine
I donâ??t remember anything but I know that you know where Iâ??ve been
Where would I go?
What would I do?
I would be nowhere with out you
Now I know heavens above you I can grow
I just canâ??t make it on my own
Watching terrible T.V itâ??s ok all our secrets we keep
I used to dream of broken teeth now I lie awake watching you sleep
If Iâ??m so independent why when you leave am I digging up holes
To hide and wait 'til you come back like a bad actor between roles
Where would I go?
What would I do?
I would be nowhere without you
Now I know heavens above you I can grow
I just canâ??t make it on my own
Good morning baby itâ??s raining outside
But weâ??ve got all day and the suns in your eyes
Frisky on whisky weâ??re champagne and wine
Drinking in, sinking in love
Where weâ??ll go I gloriously donâ??t know
Iâ??m nowhere without you
(now I know)
Heavenâ??s above you
(I can grow)
Lyrics submitted by tryhardpunk
Nowhere Without You Lyrics as written by Kevin Mitchell
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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