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.
To arrive ahead of its time
Is the fate of the fish washed up on shore
Do you know that it just won't feel right
Till he's swallowed up by the tide
Thought he might know better
Capital lifestyle height
Got a head full of fever
And it feels alright
Cause I shake my bottle
And I suck my sweat
And I love how I'm livin'
Cause I caught my fill
But I can't stop thinkin'
how it's all gone wrong
Through the cracks from the obvious
before its all too long
I've abused my position
And it's cost my friends
And if the world keeps turning
I can do it again
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
I heard he had sick drugs and danger.
But you can kick it with a complete stranger
I think I hear him calling.
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
An act of man, a freak of nature.
You can kick it with a complete stranger
I think I hear him calling
With the tops of some heads
It's a walk in the park
If you don't gotta hope
You can see in the dark
Carry your hearts
Hail Mary, will your life unfold
I'm a man on a mission
Or so I've been told
You can choose my victims
Or can shed my skin
And if the world keeps turnin'
I can do it again
But I can't stop thinkin'
that its all gone wrong
And the truth will be out there
Before it's too long
I've abused my position
And it's cost my friends
If the world keeps turnin'
I'm gonna do it again
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
I heard he had sick drugs and danger.
But you can kick it with a complete stranger
I think I hear him calling.
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
An act of God, a freak of nature.
You can kick it with a complete stranger
I think the curtain is falling down!
We lock eyes
And walk away, unrecognized
We lock arms and spin
Commence our repetition
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
Is the fate of the fish washed up on shore
Do you know that it just won't feel right
Till he's swallowed up by the tide
Thought he might know better
Capital lifestyle height
Got a head full of fever
And it feels alright
Cause I shake my bottle
And I suck my sweat
And I love how I'm livin'
Cause I caught my fill
But I can't stop thinkin'
how it's all gone wrong
Through the cracks from the obvious
before its all too long
I've abused my position
And it's cost my friends
And if the world keeps turning
I can do it again
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
I heard he had sick drugs and danger.
But you can kick it with a complete stranger
I think I hear him calling.
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
An act of man, a freak of nature.
You can kick it with a complete stranger
I think I hear him calling
With the tops of some heads
It's a walk in the park
If you don't gotta hope
You can see in the dark
Carry your hearts
Hail Mary, will your life unfold
I'm a man on a mission
Or so I've been told
You can choose my victims
Or can shed my skin
And if the world keeps turnin'
I can do it again
But I can't stop thinkin'
that its all gone wrong
And the truth will be out there
Before it's too long
I've abused my position
And it's cost my friends
If the world keeps turnin'
I'm gonna do it again
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
I heard he had sick drugs and danger.
But you can kick it with a complete stranger
I think I hear him calling.
What's the matter with your next door neighbor?
An act of God, a freak of nature.
You can kick it with a complete stranger
I think the curtain is falling down!
We lock eyes
And walk away, unrecognized
We lock arms and spin
Commence our repetition
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
My repetition, my repetition is this!
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