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.
It's the wantin' you
Never gettin' you
Keeps me wantin' you
Missin' you
Just to picture you
Is what gets me through
Fit for you, I was meant for you
What I was sent to do, meant to do
Wasn't meant for you
Hope I said that shit right
'Cause if I never had you
Then I could never lose you
Do you know what might happen
If I decide to choose you?
Then the world may just stop spinnin'
It may just well be the endin'
Talkin' all about existence
Who knows?
But I cannot see tomorrow
If you're not in my tomorrow, uh-oh
I'm tryna save the world
How can I when
You belong to me?
I belong to them
Who do I give me to?
Who do I let win?
You or the world?
You or the world?
Your light shines so bright
It's like two stars collidin'
We'll only survive if we fight it
Don't fight it
Your light shines so bright
It's like two stars collidin'
We'll only survive if we fight it
Don't fight it
Yeah
'Cause if I really have to
Then you know I would choose you
Do you know what would happen
If I ever lose you?
Then my heart would just stop beatin'
And my mind would just stop thinkin'
And my strengths would turn to weakness
You know
That I cannot see tomorrow
If you're not in my tomorrow, uh-oh
I've gotta save the world
How can I when
You belong to me?
But I belong to them
Who do I give me to?
Who do I let win?
You or the world?
You are my world
Never gettin' you
Keeps me wantin' you
Missin' you
Just to picture you
Is what gets me through
Fit for you, I was meant for you
What I was sent to do, meant to do
Wasn't meant for you
Hope I said that shit right
'Cause if I never had you
Then I could never lose you
Do you know what might happen
If I decide to choose you?
Then the world may just stop spinnin'
It may just well be the endin'
Talkin' all about existence
Who knows?
But I cannot see tomorrow
If you're not in my tomorrow, uh-oh
I'm tryna save the world
How can I when
You belong to me?
I belong to them
Who do I give me to?
Who do I let win?
You or the world?
You or the world?
Your light shines so bright
It's like two stars collidin'
We'll only survive if we fight it
Don't fight it
Your light shines so bright
It's like two stars collidin'
We'll only survive if we fight it
Don't fight it
Yeah
'Cause if I really have to
Then you know I would choose you
Do you know what would happen
If I ever lose you?
Then my heart would just stop beatin'
And my mind would just stop thinkin'
And my strengths would turn to weakness
You know
That I cannot see tomorrow
If you're not in my tomorrow, uh-oh
I've gotta save the world
How can I when
You belong to me?
But I belong to them
Who do I give me to?
Who do I let win?
You or the world?
You are my world
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