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.
Why can't you feel this?
Why can't you understand I feel this?
This is nothing
I can see my reflection in your cheek bone
We've been playing out this script in your mind
Here we go with a fresh perspective
You'll paint the walls with your stone face tactics
And we?ll walk around
Eyes on the crowd
And don't you think about tomorrow
You shut me out
I just don't want to fake it anymore
I'm burning out
Your motion's empty and you've hit the floor
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
In the glow of the moonlit serenade
Unleash the knowledge of the white collar escapade
Speak the words that unlock the truth
And you'll paint the walls, and you'll paint the walls
We?ll walk around
Eyes on the crowd
And don't you think about tomorrow
You shut me out
I just don't want to fake it anymore
I'm burning out
Your motion's empty and you've hit the floor
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
Why can't you feel this?
Can't you understand I feel this?
We?ll walk around
Eyes on the crowd
And don't you think about tomorrow
Don't you think about tomorrow
You shut me out
I just don't want to fake it anymore
I'm burning out
Your motion's empty and you've hit the floor
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
You watched me follow fools to the sea
Tie the stones that bring me down below the tide
You watched me follow fools to the sea
Tie the stones that bring me down and down and down and down
And down and down and down and down and down
You shut me out
I just can't live like this anymore
I'm burning out
It doesn't feel like it once did before
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
Why can't you understand I feel this?
This is nothing
I can see my reflection in your cheek bone
We've been playing out this script in your mind
Here we go with a fresh perspective
You'll paint the walls with your stone face tactics
And we?ll walk around
Eyes on the crowd
And don't you think about tomorrow
You shut me out
I just don't want to fake it anymore
I'm burning out
Your motion's empty and you've hit the floor
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
In the glow of the moonlit serenade
Unleash the knowledge of the white collar escapade
Speak the words that unlock the truth
And you'll paint the walls, and you'll paint the walls
We?ll walk around
Eyes on the crowd
And don't you think about tomorrow
You shut me out
I just don't want to fake it anymore
I'm burning out
Your motion's empty and you've hit the floor
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
Why can't you feel this?
Can't you understand I feel this?
We?ll walk around
Eyes on the crowd
And don't you think about tomorrow
Don't you think about tomorrow
You shut me out
I just don't want to fake it anymore
I'm burning out
Your motion's empty and you've hit the floor
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
You watched me follow fools to the sea
Tie the stones that bring me down below the tide
You watched me follow fools to the sea
Tie the stones that bring me down and down and down and down
And down and down and down and down and down
You shut me out
I just can't live like this anymore
I'm burning out
It doesn't feel like it once did before
You shut me out
The sweet relief of saying, you shield your heart from breaking
Get up, get out now
Get up, get out
Lyrics submitted by Scare Crow
White Collar Lyrics as written by Patrick Kane Gregory Kane
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Capitol CMG Publishing
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Honestly I think that if it is applying to your life in that form then its ok. Parables were gospel docterines in a story so that you can get out of it what you most needed. I feel very much for the girl thing but i also feel very much for opposing. ive sinned very much and most of Haste The Day's songs hit me very close to home but i also know that it applies to my life from the relationship point of view. I see no problem with someone that feels that way because just like a parable this song can be taken the way you most need it.
Also does anyone hear the word them also being sang during the part that they sing "You watched me follow fools to the sea Tie the stones that bring me down below the tides."
I hear it say them as well as me at that part. "You watched me follow fools to the sea them tie the stones that bring me down below the tide."
I hear it say them as well as me at that part.<br /> "You watched me follow fools to the sea<br /> them tie the stones that bring me down below the tide."<br />