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.
You said you finally heard these voices in my head
Or at least I think you did
I'm so easily confused,
An inebriated fool
Who doesn't know his right from left
Or often right from wrong
One said, and I quote,
"I just read this thing you wrote in college
A Trenchant Critique of Anthropology
Being accepted as a social science
And not the art of educated observation"
All the things that we can learn about ourselves in the context of someone else
Another vaguely remembers
Swimming naked with strangers
One summer night
On that ill fated tour
Those were formative years
And maybe thats why
I like to drink my beers warm
I like to take my pants off
And I like a little ink on my girl
I always thought I'd end up owning my own boat before a home
Or at least I think you did
I'm so easily confused,
An inebriated fool
Who doesn't know his right from left
Or often right from wrong
One said, and I quote,
"I just read this thing you wrote in college
A Trenchant Critique of Anthropology
Being accepted as a social science
And not the art of educated observation"
All the things that we can learn about ourselves in the context of someone else
Another vaguely remembers
Swimming naked with strangers
One summer night
On that ill fated tour
Those were formative years
And maybe thats why
I like to drink my beers warm
I like to take my pants off
And I like a little ink on my girl
I always thought I'd end up owning my own boat before a home
Lyrics submitted by Turquoiseyes
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if anyone knows the word mike says before "critique" in the 2nd verse where i put the ( ), feel free to throw it out, or edit it or whatever. i listened to the lyrics from a live video and i couldn't make out the word. :-)
"Trenchant."
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