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.
Once is better than a lifetime
Once is better than a whole long side
When you catch in the humble life
He can get it in the after
He can hold it in the molar while
When the back of her gets so damn worked over
Where's the lightning? Where's the lightning?
Where's the lightning now?
Wear your fingers, wear your fingers,
Wear your fingers now
He can taste it, he can taste it,
He can taste it now
Come and get it, come and get it,
Come and get it now
Once is better than a lifetime,
Once is better than a whole long side
When you catch it in the humble life.
He can get it in the after
He can hold it in the molar while
When the back of her gets so damn worked over
*whispers*
Thinking what he'll ask her then, oh this misery come when,
Sitting on a silver throne, waiting up but you're not home.
Where's the lightning? Where's the lightning?
Where's the lightning now?
Wear your fingers, wear your fingers,
Wear your fingers now
He can taste it, he can taste it,
He can taste it now
Come and get it, come and get it,
Come and get it now
Once is better than a whole long side
When you catch in the humble life
He can get it in the after
He can hold it in the molar while
When the back of her gets so damn worked over
Where's the lightning? Where's the lightning?
Where's the lightning now?
Wear your fingers, wear your fingers,
Wear your fingers now
He can taste it, he can taste it,
He can taste it now
Come and get it, come and get it,
Come and get it now
Once is better than a lifetime,
Once is better than a whole long side
When you catch it in the humble life.
He can get it in the after
He can hold it in the molar while
When the back of her gets so damn worked over
*whispers*
Thinking what he'll ask her then, oh this misery come when,
Sitting on a silver throne, waiting up but you're not home.
Where's the lightning? Where's the lightning?
Where's the lightning now?
Wear your fingers, wear your fingers,
Wear your fingers now
He can taste it, he can taste it,
He can taste it now
Come and get it, come and get it,
Come and get it now
Lyrics submitted by thinkingofexcusestopostpone, edited by MCalladine, simpleplot
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