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.
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
We're not talking, your silent eyes
Look at me please, we'll be alright
And I'll drop to my knees and hold you tight
Kiss your forever and I'll tell you forever
I love you I said, that night was yours
You said it back, I knew it for sure
But it died in you in a second and I knew
So now right back cos this letters for you
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Perfectly said but you never said a word
The silence will be broken by the thousand sounds I heard
I said I've done enough I should of done more
I'll quite crying my heart out if I hear goodbye that's all
I said it's perfectly phrased but you never wrote a word
The silence will be broken by the hand that wrote this verse
I said I've done enough I should of done more
I'll quite crying my heart out if I hear good bye that's all
(Please) Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
We're not talking, your silent eyes
Look at me please, we'll be alright
And I'll drop to my knees and hold you tight
Kiss your forever and I'll tell you forever
I love you I said, that night was yours
You said it back, I knew it for sure
But it died in you in a second and I knew
So now right back cos this letters for you
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Perfectly said but you never said a word
The silence will be broken by the thousand sounds I heard
I said I've done enough I should of done more
I'll quite crying my heart out if I hear goodbye that's all
I said it's perfectly phrased but you never wrote a word
The silence will be broken by the hand that wrote this verse
I said I've done enough I should of done more
I'll quite crying my heart out if I hear good bye that's all
(Please) Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Don't leave now
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Hold on we'll go our separate ways
Lyrics submitted by toocloseforcomfort
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