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.
Stop dragging around
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
So they can watch me explode
Another piece of me is gone again
I don't want you to go
But I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
Yeah, I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
It's probably better to go
And you can leave if it's easier
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
I won't see you a while
But I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
Well I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
And maybe if I pretend that
If it's our of sight, it's out of mind
And nobody is wrong
And nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Then how come tonight
Another piece of me is gone again?
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down.
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
September won't you bring me some rain again?
I'm melting here alive
Cause I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
I think that somebody knows
(turn it up, turn it up)
So they can watch me explode
Another piece of me is gone again
I don't want you to go
But I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
Yeah, I already know
(turn it up, turn it up)
It's probably better to go
And you can leave if it's easier
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
I won't see you a while
But I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
Well I guess it depends
(turn it up, turn it up)
And maybe if I pretend that
If it's our of sight, it's out of mind
And nobody is wrong
And nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Nobody is right
(turn it up, turn it up)
Then how come tonight
Another piece of me is gone again?
Lost and useless
No more bruises
I'll burn this place down
Don't make no sound
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down.
September won't you bring me some rain again?
This sun is melting my skin
And I would give you anything to feel something else
September falls away 'till I'm broken
I just hate the sound
And I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
September won't you bring me some rain again?
I'm melting here alive
Cause I can feel the water changing me,
It's changing me for good
Bite down hard, bite down
Lyrics submitted by DecidedxToxBreakxIt
September Lyrics as written by Olafur Arnalds
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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