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.
Another part with the same kids, another night with the same drinks
I need to find myself a new chick
I need to kiss a set of new lips
She's gotta be something new to me
Fresh face, someone new to please
So come on, come on girl, just you and me
Oh come on girl, just you and me
This kind of girl makes it rough (makin' it rough)
Holding our breaths while we touch
She won't kiss and tell, but this isn't hell
She got that name, it all seem like a game
How she is so well, I won't call this hell
If I had to guess, I'd say we have a mess you could sell
And how am I supposed to think, with her hand all over me
Telling me the right things, ever so distracting
She's gotta be something new to me
?
So come on, come on girl, just you and me
Oh come on girl, just you and me
This kind of girl makes it rough (makin' it rough)
Holding our breaths while we touch
She won't kiss and tell, but this isn't hell
She got that name, it all seem like a game
How she is so well, I won't call this hell
If I had to guess, I'd say we have a mess you could sell
She's makin' it harder, harder to breathe
I'm gettin' weaker, so pullin' the strings
The lights are all lost, there's no one around
We've both lost our minds, nowhere to be found
It's gettin' hot, I'm not saying this is hell
but I swear, this girl's a mess you could sell
She won't kiss and tell, but this isn't hell
She got that name, it all seem like a game
How she is so well, I won't call this hell
If I had to guess, I'd say we've got a mess you could sell
I need to find myself a new chick
I need to kiss a set of new lips
She's gotta be something new to me
Fresh face, someone new to please
So come on, come on girl, just you and me
Oh come on girl, just you and me
This kind of girl makes it rough (makin' it rough)
Holding our breaths while we touch
She won't kiss and tell, but this isn't hell
She got that name, it all seem like a game
How she is so well, I won't call this hell
If I had to guess, I'd say we have a mess you could sell
And how am I supposed to think, with her hand all over me
Telling me the right things, ever so distracting
She's gotta be something new to me
?
So come on, come on girl, just you and me
Oh come on girl, just you and me
This kind of girl makes it rough (makin' it rough)
Holding our breaths while we touch
She won't kiss and tell, but this isn't hell
She got that name, it all seem like a game
How she is so well, I won't call this hell
If I had to guess, I'd say we have a mess you could sell
She's makin' it harder, harder to breathe
I'm gettin' weaker, so pullin' the strings
The lights are all lost, there's no one around
We've both lost our minds, nowhere to be found
It's gettin' hot, I'm not saying this is hell
but I swear, this girl's a mess you could sell
She won't kiss and tell, but this isn't hell
She got that name, it all seem like a game
How she is so well, I won't call this hell
If I had to guess, I'd say we've got a mess you could sell
Lyrics submitted by sarararawr
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