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.
Everyone wants to call it
All around our life
With a better name
Everyone falls and spins
And gets up again
With a friend who does the same
Everyone lies and cheats
Their wants and needs
And still believes their heart
And everyone gets the chills
The kind that kills
When the pain begins to start
Did I get this straight?
Do you want me here
As I struggle through each and every year
And all these demons, they keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
Everyone's cross to bear
Is a crown they wear on endless holiday
Everyone raises kids
In a world that changes
Life to a bitter game
Everyone works and fights
Stays up all night to celebrate the day
And everyone lives to tell the tale
Of how we die alone some day
Did I get this straight?
Do you want me here
As I struggle through each and every year
And all these demons, they keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all
All around our life
With a better name
Everyone falls and spins
And gets up again
With a friend who does the same
Everyone lies and cheats
Their wants and needs
And still believes their heart
And everyone gets the chills
The kind that kills
When the pain begins to start
Did I get this straight?
Do you want me here
As I struggle through each and every year
And all these demons, they keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
Everyone's cross to bear
Is a crown they wear on endless holiday
Everyone raises kids
In a world that changes
Life to a bitter game
Everyone works and fights
Stays up all night to celebrate the day
And everyone lives to tell the tale
Of how we die alone some day
Did I get this straight?
Do you want me here
As I struggle through each and every year
And all these demons, they keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all night
They keep me up all
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