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.
For such a quiet guy she said
you've got a lot to say.
you can close your eyes she said
but try to stay awake
50 miles away tonight
it doesn't seem that far
the world is not so big
since the invention of the car
and telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
What I need right now
is to see
those two sweet
brown eyes.
We'll take the freeway
down to where the asphalt meets the dirt
peel the layers back
until you finally reach the earth
hold you breath
and count the lights
until the tunnel ends.
we could drive out
to the lake and watch
the way the sunlight bends.
and telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
but I need right now
is to see
those two sweet
brown eyes.
Tact effects the way we act.
for fear of how we might sound foolish
we might sound foolish
we might be wrong
and this song is just a stupid attempt
to say holding her feels right
and telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
what i need right now
is to see
those two sweet
there so sweet
telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
what I need right now
is to see
those two sweet
brown eyes.
you've got a lot to say.
you can close your eyes she said
but try to stay awake
50 miles away tonight
it doesn't seem that far
the world is not so big
since the invention of the car
and telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
What I need right now
is to see
those two sweet
brown eyes.
We'll take the freeway
down to where the asphalt meets the dirt
peel the layers back
until you finally reach the earth
hold you breath
and count the lights
until the tunnel ends.
we could drive out
to the lake and watch
the way the sunlight bends.
and telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
but I need right now
is to see
those two sweet
brown eyes.
Tact effects the way we act.
for fear of how we might sound foolish
we might sound foolish
we might be wrong
and this song is just a stupid attempt
to say holding her feels right
and telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
what i need right now
is to see
those two sweet
there so sweet
telephone lines
are just fine sometimes
what I need right now
is to see
those two sweet
brown eyes.
Lyrics submitted by HanahTheGirl
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