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.
Oh sweet Anna did you mean to do this to me
I've been trying hard to be rational
What a woman, what a woe that you give to me
How long can I count to a thousand
I tried drinking but the bottle is still empty
I can only hope for a fresh one
You tried loving but I guess you could not love me
How long can you count to a thousand
I could be a bigger man, bigger man.
Yeah I could be a bigger man, bigger man.
But I just want to kill a man kill a man.
Really what's a bigger man?
Oh young sailor do see you what your captain sees?
Love is nothing more than an action
What an ocean, what a world, on the big blue seas
You can change it all if you want to
My good leader what a self loving web you weave
I have got a son and a daughter
My young sailor what a point that you just can't see
Don't you think that they need a father
So pull yourself together man, smaller man
And do it for the bigger man, bigger man
How easy it would be if we could see the plan
But really what's a plan?
I've been trying hard to be rational
What a woman, what a woe that you give to me
How long can I count to a thousand
I tried drinking but the bottle is still empty
I can only hope for a fresh one
You tried loving but I guess you could not love me
How long can you count to a thousand
I could be a bigger man, bigger man.
Yeah I could be a bigger man, bigger man.
But I just want to kill a man kill a man.
Really what's a bigger man?
Oh young sailor do see you what your captain sees?
Love is nothing more than an action
What an ocean, what a world, on the big blue seas
You can change it all if you want to
My good leader what a self loving web you weave
I have got a son and a daughter
My young sailor what a point that you just can't see
Don't you think that they need a father
So pull yourself together man, smaller man
And do it for the bigger man, bigger man
How easy it would be if we could see the plan
But really what's a plan?
Lyrics submitted by measure3three, edited by Jimbo454
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