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.
Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And a good book by your bed
We will survive
Someday, are we gonna wake up
A little bit older?
Are we out of time?
I know that, should we ever break up
We'll find a way to make up
In the fullness of time
Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?
Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
And as your old man said
"Good friends, well you can count them on one hand"
And they'll never judge you
Whatever your crime
I know that, I can include you
And you'll forgive me
In the fullness of time
Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?
Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
We will survive, you and I
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And a good book by your bed
We will survive
Someday, are we gonna wake up
A little bit older?
Are we out of time?
I know that, should we ever break up
We'll find a way to make up
In the fullness of time
Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?
Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
And as your old man said
"Good friends, well you can count them on one hand"
And they'll never judge you
Whatever your crime
I know that, I can include you
And you'll forgive me
In the fullness of time
Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?
Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
We will survive, you and I
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