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.
Throw me in a landfill
Don't think about the consequences
Throw me in the dirt pit
Don't think about the choices that you make
Throw me in the water
Don't think about the splash I will create
Leave me at the altar
Knowing all the things you just escaped
Push me out to sea
On a little boat that you made out of the evergreen
That you helped your father cut away
Leave me on the tracks
To wait until the morning train arrives
Don't you dare look back
Walk away
Catch up with the sunrise
'Cause this is torturous
Electricity between both of us
And this is dangerous
'Cause I want you so much
But I hate your guts, I hate you
So leave me in the cold
Wait until the snow covers me up
So I cannot move
So I'm just embedded in the frost
Then leave me in the rain
Wait until my clothes cling to my frame
Wipe away your tear stains
Thought you said you didn't feel pain
Well this is torturous
Electricity between both of us
And this is dangerous
'Cause I want you so much
But I hate your guts
I want you so much
But I hate your guts
Well this is torturous
Electricity between both of us
And this is dangerous
'Cause I want you so much
But I hate your guts
I want you so much
But I hate your guts
Don't think about the consequences
Throw me in the dirt pit
Don't think about the choices that you make
Throw me in the water
Don't think about the splash I will create
Leave me at the altar
Knowing all the things you just escaped
Push me out to sea
On a little boat that you made out of the evergreen
That you helped your father cut away
Leave me on the tracks
To wait until the morning train arrives
Don't you dare look back
Walk away
Catch up with the sunrise
'Cause this is torturous
Electricity between both of us
And this is dangerous
'Cause I want you so much
But I hate your guts, I hate you
So leave me in the cold
Wait until the snow covers me up
So I cannot move
So I'm just embedded in the frost
Then leave me in the rain
Wait until my clothes cling to my frame
Wipe away your tear stains
Thought you said you didn't feel pain
Well this is torturous
Electricity between both of us
And this is dangerous
'Cause I want you so much
But I hate your guts
I want you so much
But I hate your guts
Well this is torturous
Electricity between both of us
And this is dangerous
'Cause I want you so much
But I hate your guts
I want you so much
But I hate your guts
Lyrics submitted by musiclover717, edited by jabada
Landfill Lyrics as written by Igor Alexandre Haefeli Elena Veronica Tonra
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I love this song. It's so beautiful and simple and sad. The lyrics are just gorgeous.
I think this song is about the end of a relationship. I think it's like when you've been a relationship for a long time, you've passed that honeymoon stage and things are just not working out, through no fault of your own, or his. You love each other, you love him so much but at the same time, you blame him, for not trying harder, for not making it work. You know it's better if he goes. They are probably arguing a lot, they know each other really well, they know how to push each others buttons, things are getting messy and they just can't get passed this stage
'Leave me at the altar, Knowing all the things you just escaped'
Maybe he'll be better off without you. Maybe he didn't even want to be with you in the first place, not in the same way you did and you have given your all, everything, there is nothing left and you feel like he could have tried harder, he could have given more because now you are empty. There is nothing left.
'Throw me in the landfill, Don't think about the consequences'
It was probably his decision, 'Don't think about the choices that you make' but he still loves her too and he is sad about the end, he just thinks this is the right decision now even though it's painful.
'Leave me on the tracks To wait until the morning train arrives Don't you dare look back Walk away, catch up with the sunrise'
she has accepted that this relationship has come to a close. That doesn't stop her loving him with all her heart, and she probably thinks if this was different, or that then maybe it would have worked. It doesn't stop her being angry that he's leaving her, that it didn't work out, and the relationship is done. Relationships are hard.
'And this is dangerous 'cause I want you so much But I hate your guts I want you so much But I hate your guts'
They both know this is the right decision, that doesn't make it any easier, or any less painful.
You just described my life and exactly what this song means to me