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.
I like your face and you like mine too
I like your face and you like mine too
Your looks are legend
And the legend is true
I like your face and you like mine too
Stereo's on but nobody's dancing
Nobody knows what they're talking about
There is no Golden Age fashion
At least not in this town
So when I turned my head to cry
I had to dry my eye
I saw the tortoise from the sea
Swimming you back to me
And there across the sky
I can see what makes the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
I like your fangs and you like mine too
I like your fangs and you like mine too
That bite is legend
And the legend is true
I like your fangs and you like mine too
It's been so long since rust made a racket
All the friars like to rock 'n' roll
But there underneath the dust jacket
That's where the legend will go
So when I turned my head to cry
I had to dry my eye
I saw the tortoise from the sea
Swimming you back to me
And there across the sky
I can see what makes the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
So that is why I cry
I can see what takes a mention
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
In the stagecoach on the highway
Will you be a-going my way?
Forsooth!
In the cottage on the green
Through the castle of the queen
Quite right!
Lords and ladies clap and sing
As raven clips his broken wing
Indeed!
So on a fortnight journey's sting
Ask yourself do you like tings?
(Me like tings!)
And there across the sky
I can see what makes the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
So that is why I cry
I can see what takes a mention
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
I like your face and you like mine too
Your looks are legend
And the legend is true
I like your face and you like mine too
Stereo's on but nobody's dancing
Nobody knows what they're talking about
There is no Golden Age fashion
At least not in this town
So when I turned my head to cry
I had to dry my eye
I saw the tortoise from the sea
Swimming you back to me
And there across the sky
I can see what makes the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
I like your fangs and you like mine too
I like your fangs and you like mine too
That bite is legend
And the legend is true
I like your fangs and you like mine too
It's been so long since rust made a racket
All the friars like to rock 'n' roll
But there underneath the dust jacket
That's where the legend will go
So when I turned my head to cry
I had to dry my eye
I saw the tortoise from the sea
Swimming you back to me
And there across the sky
I can see what makes the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
So that is why I cry
I can see what takes a mention
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
In the stagecoach on the highway
Will you be a-going my way?
Forsooth!
In the cottage on the green
Through the castle of the queen
Quite right!
Lords and ladies clap and sing
As raven clips his broken wing
Indeed!
So on a fortnight journey's sting
Ask yourself do you like tings?
(Me like tings!)
And there across the sky
I can see what makes the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
So that is why I cry
I can see what takes a mention
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
And it's you
Yeah, you are the legend
The legend is true
Lyrics submitted by Skibz777
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