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.
Coco
Well how did all these people get in my room
I don’t know
Who spilled the talcum on the table
I think it’s time for you to go
It’s time to go
I blame, I blame Coco
Well how did all these people get in my room
I still don’t know
Who’s getting hot rocks on the sofa
It’s burning Chesterfield, you know
Yet it’s time to go
And I blame Coco
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Oh oh oh
It’s getting late I’m tired
Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Well how did all these people get in my room
I still don’t know
Who spilled the brandy on the table
I blame the bloke
It’s time to go and I blame Coco
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Oh oh oh
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
My parents got back early
What will my mother say
Who ashed upon the sterling
That was my father’s nickname
My parents got back early
So what do I say
So what do I say
So what do I say
My parents got back early
What will my mother say
Who ashed upon the sterling
That was my father’s nickname
My parents got back early
So what do I say
All I can say to them is
It’s getting late I’m tired
And Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Oh oh oh
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
We always do
I blame Coco
I always do
I blame Coco
Oh oh oh
I blame Coco
I always do
I blame Coco
We always do
I blame Coco
Oh oh oh oh
Well how did all these people get in my room
I don’t know
Who spilled the talcum on the table
I think it’s time for you to go
It’s time to go
I blame, I blame Coco
Well how did all these people get in my room
I still don’t know
Who’s getting hot rocks on the sofa
It’s burning Chesterfield, you know
Yet it’s time to go
And I blame Coco
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Oh oh oh
It’s getting late I’m tired
Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Well how did all these people get in my room
I still don’t know
Who spilled the brandy on the table
I blame the bloke
It’s time to go and I blame Coco
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Oh oh oh
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
My parents got back early
What will my mother say
Who ashed upon the sterling
That was my father’s nickname
My parents got back early
So what do I say
So what do I say
So what do I say
My parents got back early
What will my mother say
Who ashed upon the sterling
That was my father’s nickname
My parents got back early
So what do I say
All I can say to them is
It’s getting late I’m tired
And Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
Oh oh oh
It’s getting late I’m tired
But Jasmine wants to dance
It’s getting light outside
We always do
I blame Coco
I always do
I blame Coco
Oh oh oh
I blame Coco
I always do
I blame Coco
We always do
I blame Coco
Oh oh oh oh
Lyrics submitted by sillybunny
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i think the line in the 5th verse is "i blame the blow" (not bloke) as in coke
yes.. could be