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.
It might be impractical to seek out a new romance
We won't know the actual if we never take the chance
I'd like to collapse with you and ease you against this song
I think we're compatible, I see that you think I'm wrong, but
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, what choice of words will take me back to you?
Your love makes a fool of you, you can't seem to understand
A heart doesn't play by rules and love has it's own demands
But I'll be there to take care of you if ever you should decide
But you don't want to waste your life in the middle of a lovesick lullaby, but
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, the choicest words will take me back to you
Oh my reddest rose, caldera, set it off
How your fire grows hermosa caldera
Glistening through your fussed blows careen your caldera
Set it off, as your body flows the second hand flashes
Passes over your skin like time
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, my love
Any time will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Any time will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Any time will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do, what choice of words will take me back to you?
We won't know the actual if we never take the chance
I'd like to collapse with you and ease you against this song
I think we're compatible, I see that you think I'm wrong, but
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, what choice of words will take me back to you?
Your love makes a fool of you, you can't seem to understand
A heart doesn't play by rules and love has it's own demands
But I'll be there to take care of you if ever you should decide
But you don't want to waste your life in the middle of a lovesick lullaby, but
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, the choicest words will take me back to you
Oh my reddest rose, caldera, set it off
How your fire grows hermosa caldera
Glistening through your fussed blows careen your caldera
Set it off, as your body flows the second hand flashes
Passes over your skin like time
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, my love
Anytime will do, my love
Any time will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Any time will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Any time will do, no choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do, what choice of words will take me back to you?
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