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.
It's not the way it's supposed to be
It's not the way it's supposed to be
So good at twisting something pure
So good at lying to myself
Now my innocence is gone
Now your innocence is gone
And looking back it's too late
The ribbon cut
The wrapping lying on the floor
Was it too much to ask of you?
Was it too much to ask of me?
I want to fall in love with you again
And now that it's all blown away
I'm wondering what there's left to see
My emptiness is filling you
Your emptiness is filling me
And now that I don't care at all
Who's to say we won't fall again
And did you ever love me?
I told you I loved you
And if you wanna leave me
That's all right because I already left myself
I don't know if I can go on like this
I don't think things will ever be the same
I want to fall in love with you again
We're gonna run around
We're gonna run around again
It's not the way it's supposed to be
So good at twisting something pure
So good at lying to myself
Now my innocence is gone
Now your innocence is gone
And looking back it's too late
The ribbon cut
The wrapping lying on the floor
Was it too much to ask of you?
Was it too much to ask of me?
I want to fall in love with you again
And now that it's all blown away
I'm wondering what there's left to see
My emptiness is filling you
Your emptiness is filling me
And now that I don't care at all
Who's to say we won't fall again
And did you ever love me?
I told you I loved you
And if you wanna leave me
That's all right because I already left myself
I don't know if I can go on like this
I don't think things will ever be the same
I want to fall in love with you again
We're gonna run around
We're gonna run around again
Lyrics submitted by ellelee
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