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.
Sofly, in the winter time
Softly, when we're about to dine
Softly in my heart of mine I talk to you
Has anybody of you two
Got half a mind to go to the zoo
Tonight won't you think we'd have fun
My daughter my son one by one
My daughter my son one by one
Softly in the winter time
Softly, when it goes towards nine
Softly, in my heart of mine
Go feed the dog and cat and then go
To bed and have your right own dream
Now be well off and start with the sun
My daughter my son one by one
My daughter my son one by one
Softly, in the winter time
Softly, when day's gonna shine
Softly, in my heart of mine I talk to you
About my actual favorite matter
That's how to live and laugh and feel better
I cut the bred for them and they run
My daughter my son one by one
Off and away they set out for living
Love them if ever they come, wherever they've gone
My daughter my son one by one
My daughter my son one by one
Softly
Softly, when we're about to dine
Softly in my heart of mine I talk to you
Has anybody of you two
Got half a mind to go to the zoo
Tonight won't you think we'd have fun
My daughter my son one by one
My daughter my son one by one
Softly in the winter time
Softly, when it goes towards nine
Softly, in my heart of mine
Go feed the dog and cat and then go
To bed and have your right own dream
Now be well off and start with the sun
My daughter my son one by one
My daughter my son one by one
Softly, in the winter time
Softly, when day's gonna shine
Softly, in my heart of mine I talk to you
About my actual favorite matter
That's how to live and laugh and feel better
I cut the bred for them and they run
My daughter my son one by one
Off and away they set out for living
Love them if ever they come, wherever they've gone
My daughter my son one by one
My daughter my son one by one
Softly
Lyrics submitted by Mr. Fahrenheit
Softly Lyrics as written by Louise Ann Rhodes Andrew John Barlow
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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