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.
Even if I let this settle
It'll lead to a little fight
Even when I get to meddlin'
I need to remain polite
I could cut across this field
But it hits pretty close to home
Maybe, if I jiggle it a little
It'll open up on it's own
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Never has a stranger had a better
Taste of another town
Just time for a cowboy breakfast
That's a leak and a look around
Looks like the land of plenty
There will be plenty there to do
That might have been funny at twenty
But I just turned thirty two
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Let down your guard
Moving forward
Finally, four words
What a let down, what a letdown
Even if I let this settle
It'll lead to a little fight
Even when I get to meddlin'
I need to remember to remain polite
I could cut across this field
But it hits pretty close to home
Maybe, if I jiggle it a little
It'll open up on it's own
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
What a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
What a letdown
It'll lead to a little fight
Even when I get to meddlin'
I need to remain polite
I could cut across this field
But it hits pretty close to home
Maybe, if I jiggle it a little
It'll open up on it's own
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Never has a stranger had a better
Taste of another town
Just time for a cowboy breakfast
That's a leak and a look around
Looks like the land of plenty
There will be plenty there to do
That might have been funny at twenty
But I just turned thirty two
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Let down your guard
Moving forward
Finally, four words
What a let down, what a letdown
Even if I let this settle
It'll lead to a little fight
Even when I get to meddlin'
I need to remember to remain polite
I could cut across this field
But it hits pretty close to home
Maybe, if I jiggle it a little
It'll open up on it's own
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
What a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
Oh well, what a letdown
What a letdown
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