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.
if you're carburetor county jalopy junction bound
then you're looking for some madness down in the south
folks are a little weird
the town's a little strange
and when ya pass the boneyard
just look for the shop where
they're rebuilding motors
bringing life to corpses
a nights work for small block & flathead
wrenching on the dead
and replacing heads
it's the only life for small block & flathead
small block diggin' up some gnarly things
gonna weld em' all together
and make some friends
generator motor regenerate the dead
there's parts in the boneyard
taken to the shop where
they're rebuilding motors
bringing life to corpses
a nights work for small block & flathead
wrenching on the dead
and replacing heads
it's the only life for small block & flathead
many creations litter these grounds
some are alive
and some didn't quite work out
gasoline mixed with formaldehyde
genetic hotrod mutation come alive
if you're carburetor county jalopy junction bound
then you're heading for some madness down in the south
folks are a little weird
the town's a little strange
and when you pass the boneyard
just look for the shop where
they're rebuilding motors
bringing life to corpses
a nights work for small block & flathead
wrenching on the dead
and replacing heads
it's the only life for small block & flathead
then you're looking for some madness down in the south
folks are a little weird
the town's a little strange
and when ya pass the boneyard
just look for the shop where
they're rebuilding motors
bringing life to corpses
a nights work for small block & flathead
wrenching on the dead
and replacing heads
it's the only life for small block & flathead
small block diggin' up some gnarly things
gonna weld em' all together
and make some friends
generator motor regenerate the dead
there's parts in the boneyard
taken to the shop where
they're rebuilding motors
bringing life to corpses
a nights work for small block & flathead
wrenching on the dead
and replacing heads
it's the only life for small block & flathead
many creations litter these grounds
some are alive
and some didn't quite work out
gasoline mixed with formaldehyde
genetic hotrod mutation come alive
if you're carburetor county jalopy junction bound
then you're heading for some madness down in the south
folks are a little weird
the town's a little strange
and when you pass the boneyard
just look for the shop where
they're rebuilding motors
bringing life to corpses
a nights work for small block & flathead
wrenching on the dead
and replacing heads
it's the only life for small block & flathead
Lyrics submitted by eastjesusshenanigan418
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