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 had it all but it all fell on top of you
Take what I break and make it into something new
Hold my life and watch the excess spew
I can't take this anymore than you can
Why did she erase everything that I drew?
It's like no matter how much my world shrunk, I still grew
The sky is blinding my eyes with some sort of blue
And you, and you knew
Who wouldn't give anything to be between those thighs?
A hollow lookout on life and it's just filled me with these lies
You see a bad guy who's tongue is tied and I see an angel's eyes
Nothings wrong with me, what's wrong with you?
When what you how give me all of my eternal bliss
Fretting I'm ready for this to disappear
Today I showed you what was missing from me
It's everything and a little more
Steady everything is alright
Everything will be okay
Don't fret about my worries and my insecurities
Baby push it maybe further
Down along the line we so can
Bother eachother with the things we've done to another and so
Please could you never just please don't leave don't ever go away
Take what I break and make it into something new
Hold my life and watch the excess spew
I can't take this anymore than you can
Why did she erase everything that I drew?
It's like no matter how much my world shrunk, I still grew
The sky is blinding my eyes with some sort of blue
And you, and you knew
Who wouldn't give anything to be between those thighs?
A hollow lookout on life and it's just filled me with these lies
You see a bad guy who's tongue is tied and I see an angel's eyes
Nothings wrong with me, what's wrong with you?
When what you how give me all of my eternal bliss
Fretting I'm ready for this to disappear
Today I showed you what was missing from me
It's everything and a little more
Steady everything is alright
Everything will be okay
Don't fret about my worries and my insecurities
Baby push it maybe further
Down along the line we so can
Bother eachother with the things we've done to another and so
Please could you never just please don't leave don't ever go away
Lyrics submitted by abhpro
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