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.
Now follow me down to it
Just follow me down to do it
Nobody will know how you come, and you go for it
Not gonna get dangerous, you don't got to worry about us
Somebody to give what you get
And you get what you need now
And these lights, get bright so let me show you
It would be so so so nice to know you
It's as easy as,
One, two, three, do you see what I do
Truth or dare, yes I double dare you
You, you, me, now I think you got it
One last breath and just spin the bottle now
You know you don't need to be so worried
Even though below I'm still thinking bout' it
One, two, three, and I double dare me as well
Truth, dare
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
Give in to the slow descent
Give in to the trust to feel it
Give in to the pull and the push and the forth and back
Oooooh
We're not going to slow you down, we're not gonna hold you to it
I guess it depends, in the end
After all we're all friends here
Here
And these lights get bright,
So let me show ya
So, so, so nice to know ya
It's as easy as,
One, two, three, do you see what I do
Truth or dare, yes I double dare you
You, you, me, now I think you got it
One last breath and just spin the bottle now
(You know you don't need to be so worried,
Even though below I'm still thinking bout' it)
One, two, three and I double dare me as well
Truth, dare
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
And this will be our little
One, two, three
Do you see what I do
Truth or dare, yes I double dare you
You, you, me, now I think you got it
One last breath, and just spin the bottle now
(You know you don't need to be so worried
Even though below I'm still thinking about it)
One, two, three and I double dare me as well
Truth, dare
Just follow me down to do it
Nobody will know how you come, and you go for it
Not gonna get dangerous, you don't got to worry about us
Somebody to give what you get
And you get what you need now
And these lights, get bright so let me show you
It would be so so so nice to know you
It's as easy as,
One, two, three, do you see what I do
Truth or dare, yes I double dare you
You, you, me, now I think you got it
One last breath and just spin the bottle now
You know you don't need to be so worried
Even though below I'm still thinking bout' it
One, two, three, and I double dare me as well
Truth, dare
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
Give in to the slow descent
Give in to the trust to feel it
Give in to the pull and the push and the forth and back
Oooooh
We're not going to slow you down, we're not gonna hold you to it
I guess it depends, in the end
After all we're all friends here
Here
And these lights get bright,
So let me show ya
So, so, so nice to know ya
It's as easy as,
One, two, three, do you see what I do
Truth or dare, yes I double dare you
You, you, me, now I think you got it
One last breath and just spin the bottle now
(You know you don't need to be so worried,
Even though below I'm still thinking bout' it)
One, two, three and I double dare me as well
Truth, dare
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
This will be our little
(Dirty little secret, dirty little secret)
And this will be our little
One, two, three
Do you see what I do
Truth or dare, yes I double dare you
You, you, me, now I think you got it
One last breath, and just spin the bottle now
(You know you don't need to be so worried
Even though below I'm still thinking about it)
One, two, three and I double dare me as well
Truth, dare
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