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.
There's so little I have left to scream about.
I cant push out another word on your account.
And I cant pretend to tell the truth if you fight back when I say what I wanted to.
Do you remember last semester? You were so exhausted
I was yelling out a lung and you said I'd lost it.
You had covered my mouth so I asked you in my head.
Are you feeling unsatisfied now with you situation?
Your boyfriend drinks too much and you and he are out of touch and
you went to your job the other day.
You were insulted by a customer and cried you said its hardly worth your wage.
I just checked the mail today on my way out.
I got the letter that you sent, the words you wrote,
and I'm about to start telling you
exactly what I think about your latest move.
Tried to find the words to put to you,
tried em' all and settled on self abuse.
I was gonna write you back but fell asleep instead
I've got a box of your old things that when you left you gave me
I pull it out sometimes to remind me of the mess we made.
I was over just the other day.
You were there lying on your bed, sad in the dark,
I gave you something I had made.
I lie in bed thinking, sweating out a war.
Pillow sheets are puddled, dripping from the
fight the night before.
Are you fine with telling me
that I'm just another moment that has passed,
another breath you let slip free?
I cant push out another word on your account.
And I cant pretend to tell the truth if you fight back when I say what I wanted to.
Do you remember last semester? You were so exhausted
I was yelling out a lung and you said I'd lost it.
You had covered my mouth so I asked you in my head.
Are you feeling unsatisfied now with you situation?
Your boyfriend drinks too much and you and he are out of touch and
you went to your job the other day.
You were insulted by a customer and cried you said its hardly worth your wage.
I just checked the mail today on my way out.
I got the letter that you sent, the words you wrote,
and I'm about to start telling you
exactly what I think about your latest move.
Tried to find the words to put to you,
tried em' all and settled on self abuse.
I was gonna write you back but fell asleep instead
I've got a box of your old things that when you left you gave me
I pull it out sometimes to remind me of the mess we made.
I was over just the other day.
You were there lying on your bed, sad in the dark,
I gave you something I had made.
I lie in bed thinking, sweating out a war.
Pillow sheets are puddled, dripping from the
fight the night before.
Are you fine with telling me
that I'm just another moment that has passed,
another breath you let slip free?
Lyrics submitted by crott_crott, edited by Dillon411
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