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.
And so we meet and there are sparks,
Its gold it's new and free from sharks,
Your house is big it seems so clean,
Your cleaning lady comes and we're discreet.
Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting.
What's the timing?
I'm not playing.
And so I act like I'm 21,
Wide eyed and drifting unto sun,
Pay back is here my legs are numb,
I'm back, it's square one feeling dumb.
The sweet things,
When do they come?
Have I gone deaf?
What's the song?
Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting,
This is frightening,
I'm not playing.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you through the mirror
You sing we're not to steal.
The only thing I'm scared of is the secret that you keep,
I know where you are, I dunno where you are.
Don't make the other wonder the others might sting,
Tell me what you're thinking,
Do not let me twist.
Just look at the size of you.
I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you with something that's funny I hear you I almost weep,
I see you from my steps, you're walking up my street,
But just look at the size of you.
I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you from my steps you're walking up my street.
And just look at the size of you,
The sun shine on and on...
The sun shine on and on...
Its gold it's new and free from sharks,
Your house is big it seems so clean,
Your cleaning lady comes and we're discreet.
Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting.
What's the timing?
I'm not playing.
And so I act like I'm 21,
Wide eyed and drifting unto sun,
Pay back is here my legs are numb,
I'm back, it's square one feeling dumb.
The sweet things,
When do they come?
Have I gone deaf?
What's the song?
Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting,
This is frightening,
I'm not playing.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you through the mirror
You sing we're not to steal.
The only thing I'm scared of is the secret that you keep,
I know where you are, I dunno where you are.
Don't make the other wonder the others might sting,
Tell me what you're thinking,
Do not let me twist.
Just look at the size of you.
I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you with something that's funny I hear you I almost weep,
I see you from my steps, you're walking up my street,
But just look at the size of you.
I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you from my steps you're walking up my street.
And just look at the size of you,
The sun shine on and on...
The sun shine on and on...
Lyrics submitted by thesweetcatastrophe
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