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 can't play here
You can't
You can't stay here
You should so dissonant
You know your face
It don't rit right
Get out your dukes man
Let's take it outside
Say, say, say, say no, it's easy
Say, say, say, say no, it's easy
I hear you faking
And I can see
You're compensating
You're trying to get me
I could taste your fear
As you kissed my face
Judas' heart
I am aware
Say, say, say, say no, it's easy
Say, say, say no, it's easy
Say, say, say, say no
Say, say, say, say, say
No, no, no, no, it's easy
Say, say, say no
When I'm wasted
You sucker punch me
So complacent, I know
I know, I know, I know
You can't take it
Uh, ohm, uh, oh, uh, oh, uh, oh
So now you'll try
You'll try to take her away
You can't
You can't stay here
You should so dissonant
You know your face
It don't rit right
Get out your dukes man
Let's take it outside
Say, say, say, say no, it's easy
Say, say, say, say no, it's easy
I hear you faking
And I can see
You're compensating
You're trying to get me
I could taste your fear
As you kissed my face
Judas' heart
I am aware
Say, say, say, say no, it's easy
Say, say, say no, it's easy
Say, say, say, say no
Say, say, say, say, say
No, no, no, no, it's easy
Say, say, say no
When I'm wasted
You sucker punch me
So complacent, I know
I know, I know, I know
You can't take it
Uh, ohm, uh, oh, uh, oh, uh, oh
So now you'll try
You'll try to take her away
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