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.
Can you feel the noises
turning me on
You should know
what goes round comes around
Hit the ground Running and keep
running away
til the shadows pull me down
to the ground
Pressure growing up in my head.
I need your help
Searching for something
or someone to oparate
Pressure growing up in my head.
I need your help
Pressure growing up in my head.
I need your help
Why don't you C'mon!
Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
Can you hear me knockin'
outside your door?
As I fall,
further away from myself
It's plane to see
what you mean to me
No gravity that
can bring you down again
Pressure point Raising hell
No turning back,
Don't tell me anymore.
I don't wanna know
Pressure point Raising hell
No turning back,
Pressure point Raising hell
No turning back,
Why don't you C'mon!
Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
Push it!
I bet you just don't understand
Push it Push it
I bet you just don't understand
Push it!
I bet you just don't understand
Push it Push it
I bet you just don't understand
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
turning me on
You should know
what goes round comes around
Hit the ground Running and keep
running away
til the shadows pull me down
to the ground
Pressure growing up in my head.
I need your help
Searching for something
or someone to oparate
Pressure growing up in my head.
I need your help
Pressure growing up in my head.
I need your help
Why don't you C'mon!
Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
Can you hear me knockin'
outside your door?
As I fall,
further away from myself
It's plane to see
what you mean to me
No gravity that
can bring you down again
Pressure point Raising hell
No turning back,
Don't tell me anymore.
I don't wanna know
Pressure point Raising hell
No turning back,
Pressure point Raising hell
No turning back,
Why don't you C'mon!
Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! Why don't you
come and see it all
C'mon! C'mon Why don't you
come and see it all
Push it!
I bet you just don't understand
Push it Push it
I bet you just don't understand
Push it!
I bet you just don't understand
Push it Push it
I bet you just don't understand
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
Sleepwalking in the cage
like a monkey man
Everything that you do's not
enough for me
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WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND Lyrics as written by Satellites Boom
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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