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.
When you're coming home and it?s getting late
I was unwritten fate
Two eyes light up the screen
Ooh, the prettiest face you?ve ever seen
You-ooh in the depleting light
Tip-toe through in the middle of the night
You say ?I want what you got? ohh
And the rocket launch starts the show
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting too all alone
Hey,
Now listen
I?m a figure of eight
You can catch me and y?all wouldn?t choose
But clock is ticking 1,2,3,4,5 I?m late
Oh I, forgot to mention
He?s like that thin man with the big heart
It ?aint easy
He loves me
And the rocket launch starts the show
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting to all alone
Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh
Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City)
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting too all alone
Alone (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (in Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (loves me, loves me)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (in Kansas City, Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (loves me, loves me)
(fade out)
I was unwritten fate
Two eyes light up the screen
Ooh, the prettiest face you?ve ever seen
You-ooh in the depleting light
Tip-toe through in the middle of the night
You say ?I want what you got? ohh
And the rocket launch starts the show
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting too all alone
Hey,
Now listen
I?m a figure of eight
You can catch me and y?all wouldn?t choose
But clock is ticking 1,2,3,4,5 I?m late
Oh I, forgot to mention
He?s like that thin man with the big heart
It ?aint easy
He loves me
And the rocket launch starts the show
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting to all alone
Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh
Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City)
(Chorus)
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting by the telephone
Somebody in Kansas City loves me
Somebody is waiting too all alone
Alone (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (in Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (loves me, loves me)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (in Kansas City, Kansas City)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (somebody)
Oh Oh (loves me, loves me)
(fade out)
Lyrics submitted by Brittany-jade
Kansas City Lyrics as written by Connie Thembi Mitchell Angus Peter Mcdonald
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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When you're coming home and it's getting late I was, on the ride of fate Two eyes light up the screen Ooh, the prettiest face you've ever seen You-ooh in the depleting light Tip-toe through in the middle of the night You say 'Oww, what you got?' ohh And the rocket launch starts the show
(Chorus) Somebody in Kansas City loves me Somebody is waiting by the telephone Somebody in Kansas City loves me Somebody is waiting too all alone
Hey, Now listen I'm a figure of eight You can catch me and y'all wouldn't choose But clock is ticking 1,2,3,4,5 I'm late Oh I, forgot to mention He's like that thin man with the big heart It 'aint easy (easy) He loves me (loves me) And the rocket launch starts the show
(Chorus) Somebody in Kansas City loves me Somebody is waiting by the telephone Somebody in Kansas City loves me Somebody is waiting to all alone
Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh Oh, Oh Oh, Oh Oh
Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody in Kansas City)
(Chorus) Somebody in Kansas City loves me Somebody is waiting by the telephone Somebody in Kansas City loves me Somebody is waiting too all alone
Alone (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (in Kansas City) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (loves me, loves me) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (in Kansas City, Kansas City) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (somebody) Oh Oh (loves me, loves me) (fade out)