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.
I stand in awe and shake my face
You break your promise all over the place
You promised to love me, but what do I see?
Just you comin' in and spillin' juice over me
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said
You promised to love me, but what do I know?
You're spillin' juice on me like you got some place to go
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now I've had enough, my box is clean
You know what I'm sayin' and you know what I mean
From now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
You break your promise all over the place
You promised to love me, but what do I see?
Just you comin' in and spillin' juice over me
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said
You promised to love me, but what do I know?
You're spillin' juice on me like you got some place to go
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now I've had enough, my box is clean
You know what I'm sayin' and you know what I mean
From now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Lyrics submitted by BraveSirRobin, edited by NankerPhelge
Odds and Ends Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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