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.
Don't shut me out
I don't wanna live inside your lost and found
You spin a story
With every other word you say
Another lie convincing me to stay
You only listen to my stare
And until I'm crushed beyond repair
So do you care enough
To hold on, it's been so long
You keep pulling on the strings
Till I'm undone, all at once
Don't cut me off
Until you help me find a way
To live with the loss
You've got me wound up too tight
Don't catch on till it's too late
Keep me moving like a moth to flame
Zoom by you at first sight
Every time I try to get away
Something new's convincing me to stay
So do you care enough
To hold on, it's been so long
You keep pulling on the strings
Till I'm undone, all at once
Don't cut me off
Until you help me find a way
To live with the loss
Could I have changed it
What more could I have sacrificed
There's always something to say
Stop me before I go to waste
Play with my love
Rip it up till I say enough
So do you care enough
To hold on, it's been so long
You keep pulling on the strings
Till I'm undone all at once
Don't cut me off
Until you help me find a way
To live with the loss
I don't wanna live inside your lost and found
You spin a story
With every other word you say
Another lie convincing me to stay
You only listen to my stare
And until I'm crushed beyond repair
So do you care enough
To hold on, it's been so long
You keep pulling on the strings
Till I'm undone, all at once
Don't cut me off
Until you help me find a way
To live with the loss
You've got me wound up too tight
Don't catch on till it's too late
Keep me moving like a moth to flame
Zoom by you at first sight
Every time I try to get away
Something new's convincing me to stay
So do you care enough
To hold on, it's been so long
You keep pulling on the strings
Till I'm undone, all at once
Don't cut me off
Until you help me find a way
To live with the loss
Could I have changed it
What more could I have sacrificed
There's always something to say
Stop me before I go to waste
Play with my love
Rip it up till I say enough
So do you care enough
To hold on, it's been so long
You keep pulling on the strings
Till I'm undone all at once
Don't cut me off
Until you help me find a way
To live with the loss
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