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.
Inside you know a heart fooled of hope
Inside you know an empire of soul
To hold on for love
Hurts me, it's slow
One word's enough
One word this time
It never comes
Faith...
It's all the rage
To hold on for love
Hurts me, it's slow
One word's enough
One word this time
It never comes
It never comes
Faith...
It's all the rage
It's all the rage
It's all the rage
Inside you know an empire of soul
To hold on for love
Hurts me, it's slow
One word's enough
One word this time
It never comes
Faith...
It's all the rage
To hold on for love
Hurts me, it's slow
One word's enough
One word this time
It never comes
It never comes
Faith...
It's all the rage
It's all the rage
It's all the rage
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he sounds A LOT like Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol...