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.
You've been looking at me like you've got something to say
You got flaws in your step
You're miles away from anything anyway
Let's get to the point
The words that fell of your lips didn't mean anything
They didn't mean shit to you or him
But tonight we will be alright
Yes the champagne is on ice for you and I
And you're right for we will be alright
'Cause we've got it all and it's all that is left inside
Let's just keep on talking
I smell your scent on my skin and the clothes that I wear
It's a thought in my head and I can't shake it
Of you and him, sh-sh-shake it
I am at the party too, I am in the room next to you
With your back to the door and your ear to the floor
And you were desperate
But tonight we will be alright
Yes the champagne is on ice for you and I
And you're right for we will be alright
'Cause we've got it all and it's all that is left inside
Let's just keep on talking
And don't let me down
And don't let me down
And don't let me down
And don't let me
But tonight we will be alright
Yes the champagne is on ice for you and I
And you're right for we will be alright
'Cause we've got it all and it's all that is left inside
Let's just keep on talking
You got flaws in your step
You're miles away from anything anyway
Let's get to the point
The words that fell of your lips didn't mean anything
They didn't mean shit to you or him
But tonight we will be alright
Yes the champagne is on ice for you and I
And you're right for we will be alright
'Cause we've got it all and it's all that is left inside
Let's just keep on talking
I smell your scent on my skin and the clothes that I wear
It's a thought in my head and I can't shake it
Of you and him, sh-sh-shake it
I am at the party too, I am in the room next to you
With your back to the door and your ear to the floor
And you were desperate
But tonight we will be alright
Yes the champagne is on ice for you and I
And you're right for we will be alright
'Cause we've got it all and it's all that is left inside
Let's just keep on talking
And don't let me down
And don't let me down
And don't let me down
And don't let me
But tonight we will be alright
Yes the champagne is on ice for you and I
And you're right for we will be alright
'Cause we've got it all and it's all that is left inside
Let's just keep on talking
Lyrics submitted by spackerick
Gossip Lyrics as written by Dan Flint Matt Barnes
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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eeeolhc, I think you're right. I don't hear the word "gossip" in that line..