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.
Go, but the light's on red
We're waiting on the starting line
Can feel my heartbeat
Mouth so dry.
And yeah, don't waste no time,
Strap yourself in, don't be shy, tonight
The roads we don't know say to drive slow,
We're going too fast, we're going too fast,
I couldn't stop if I wanted to try, now
Brake, brake, brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste.
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time, we're going
Down, Down, Down
And the shouting screams they drown
With no sound,
But the shattered glass so loud
I shout out,
'Cause I think we're going under, under.
The sky turns red,
The silent screams ring in my head, again.
Burning fills the air around,
I don't think I'll be found lying here.
The roads we don't know say to drive slow,
We're going too fast, we're going too fast,
I couldn't stop if I wanted to try, now
Brake, Brake, Brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste.
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time, we're going
Down, Down, Down,
And the shouting screams they drown,
With no sound.
But the shattered glass so loud,
I shout out,
'Cause I think were going under, under.
Brake, brake, this is more than I can take,
For Gods sake,
Help me get out of this place.
I can't wait cos I'm cold and left alone,
I shout out but no one hears my calls.
Brake, brake, this is more than I can take,
For God's sake,
Help me get out of this place.
I can't wait cos I'm cold and left alone,
I shout out but no one hears me.
Brake, brake, brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste,
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time.
So help me
Brake, brake, brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste.
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time,
We're going
Down, down, down,
And the shouting screams they drown,
With no sound.
But the shattered glass so loud,
I shout out, 'cause I think were going under, we're going
Down, Down, Down,
And the shouting screams they drown,
With no sound.
But the shattered glass so loud,
I shout out, 'cause I think we're going under,
We're going down
We're waiting on the starting line
Can feel my heartbeat
Mouth so dry.
And yeah, don't waste no time,
Strap yourself in, don't be shy, tonight
The roads we don't know say to drive slow,
We're going too fast, we're going too fast,
I couldn't stop if I wanted to try, now
Brake, brake, brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste.
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time, we're going
Down, Down, Down
And the shouting screams they drown
With no sound,
But the shattered glass so loud
I shout out,
'Cause I think we're going under, under.
The sky turns red,
The silent screams ring in my head, again.
Burning fills the air around,
I don't think I'll be found lying here.
The roads we don't know say to drive slow,
We're going too fast, we're going too fast,
I couldn't stop if I wanted to try, now
Brake, Brake, Brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste.
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time, we're going
Down, Down, Down,
And the shouting screams they drown,
With no sound.
But the shattered glass so loud,
I shout out,
'Cause I think were going under, under.
Brake, brake, this is more than I can take,
For Gods sake,
Help me get out of this place.
I can't wait cos I'm cold and left alone,
I shout out but no one hears my calls.
Brake, brake, this is more than I can take,
For God's sake,
Help me get out of this place.
I can't wait cos I'm cold and left alone,
I shout out but no one hears me.
Brake, brake, brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste,
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time.
So help me
Brake, brake, brake,
But a moment just too late,
For God's sake,
This life I just can't waste.
As hearts race,
And the clock it stops in time,
We're going
Down, down, down,
And the shouting screams they drown,
With no sound.
But the shattered glass so loud,
I shout out, 'cause I think were going under, we're going
Down, Down, Down,
And the shouting screams they drown,
With no sound.
But the shattered glass so loud,
I shout out, 'cause I think we're going under,
We're going down
Lyrics submitted by xkiss-her-kiss-herx
Brake! Brake! Lyrics as written by Josh Wilkinson James Matthews
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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