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.
Before the night comes, before the city sleeps
I walk a lonely mile
I know you're out there
I know you're waiting for me to make a sign
I know you'd like me to go and crumble
Reveal myself to you
I lost a wing and I grew a shell on the wound
Oh, so soon
And heartbreak, no, you can't catch me
Hot on my heels but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company, at last
You always come 'round after your good friend, love
Has gone and run aground
A heart in shambles, oh well, it's just what you need
Your purpose found
You turn the lights down and draw the curtains
You put the kettle on
Come over here, sit down tell me your troubles
We sing the saddest song
And heartbreak, no, you can't catch me
Hot on my heels but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company, at last
I'm free to wander, so get up off of your knees
And find some other fool
Someone to hold you when you've got no one to tease
It won't be me
'Cause heartbreak, no, you can't catch me
Hot on my heels but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company, at last
I walk a lonely mile
I know you're out there
I know you're waiting for me to make a sign
I know you'd like me to go and crumble
Reveal myself to you
I lost a wing and I grew a shell on the wound
Oh, so soon
And heartbreak, no, you can't catch me
Hot on my heels but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company, at last
You always come 'round after your good friend, love
Has gone and run aground
A heart in shambles, oh well, it's just what you need
Your purpose found
You turn the lights down and draw the curtains
You put the kettle on
Come over here, sit down tell me your troubles
We sing the saddest song
And heartbreak, no, you can't catch me
Hot on my heels but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company, at last
I'm free to wander, so get up off of your knees
And find some other fool
Someone to hold you when you've got no one to tease
It won't be me
'Cause heartbreak, no, you can't catch me
Hot on my heels but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company, at last
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