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.
All I know is everything is not as it's sold
But the more I grow, the less I know
And I have lived so many lives, though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow
The fewer the seeds, the more I sow
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try, try
I wish I hadn't seen all of the realness
And all the real people are really not real at all
The more I learn, the more I learn
The more I cry the more I cry
As I say goodbye to the way of life
I thought I had designed for me
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try, oh try, try, try
All of the moments that already passed
We'll try to go back and make them last
All of the things we want each other to be
We never will be, we never will be
And that's wonderful, that's life
That's you baby, this is me baby
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are free in our love
We are free in our love
Try
But the more I grow, the less I know
And I have lived so many lives, though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow
The fewer the seeds, the more I sow
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try, try
I wish I hadn't seen all of the realness
And all the real people are really not real at all
The more I learn, the more I learn
The more I cry the more I cry
As I say goodbye to the way of life
I thought I had designed for me
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try, oh try, try, try
All of the moments that already passed
We'll try to go back and make them last
All of the things we want each other to be
We never will be, we never will be
And that's wonderful, that's life
That's you baby, this is me baby
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are free in our love
We are free in our love
Try
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i can't believe no one has written on here. yes! i am the first. anyways, i think that this is a beautiful song, the english version is beautiful, but when it is sung in spanish, even more beautiful. i have beeen trying to teach myself spanish/portuguese to speak to my family, and i love singing. so by learning this song, i have definitly improved on learning this wonderful language.