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.
(Sung by Joe Romersa)
There deep, deep in forest night children dance the waltz
They laugh whispering hand in hand, just like children like to do
Their eyes, what are they looking for, white dress flutters the beat
Their song starting to make some sense, (yeah) but only if you're listening
Dance, dance like butterflies, shadows appear right before my eyes
Sound echo the obsurd, hard to explain something that I heard
Now, hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
Again, see how the children play, red moon colours the trees
Their feet, innocence rustling sounds, oh, playful dream-like fantasy
Dance, dance like butterflies, (yeah yeah) shadows appear right before my eyes
Sound echo the obsurd, (yeah) hard to explain something that I heard
Now, hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
Now, hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
Hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
There deep, deep in forest night children dance the waltz
They laugh whispering hand in hand, just like children like to do
Their eyes, what are they looking for, white dress flutters the beat
Their song starting to make some sense, (yeah) but only if you're listening
Dance, dance like butterflies, shadows appear right before my eyes
Sound echo the obsurd, hard to explain something that I heard
Now, hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
Again, see how the children play, red moon colours the trees
Their feet, innocence rustling sounds, oh, playful dream-like fantasy
Dance, dance like butterflies, (yeah yeah) shadows appear right before my eyes
Sound echo the obsurd, (yeah) hard to explain something that I heard
Now, hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
Now, hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
Hear the forest talking insects and birds
Does the scent of soil and beast bring the life in to the animal you hide
It's a great illusion one never knows
When you think you're really alone, feel the eyes of someone looking in on you
Lyrics submitted by GhettoAstronaut
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