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.
I was workin kinda late
She was on a dinner date
Salad on her dinner plate
Heard her say "It's gettin late"
She was with a try-hard guy
with a tie and the 9 to 5 with an ex-wife
But who am I to judge anyone cause
She was unlike anyone or anything I'd ever seen
Like a heaven-sent wish from a boyhood dream
I could be her king kong, she could be my queen
I'd like to get to know you
Ain't no games I'm tryina play
I think I'd really grow on you
I'd love you till our dyin day
At least that's what I wanna say
She'd say she wanna run away
I'd tell her that I feel the same
But she don't even know my name
Well I want to get her attention
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games
Playin with her heart and her affection
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games
They both left but conveniently
she forgot her key and right there
is how she came to be with me
Off the top of my head I said something that probably seemed stupid
Something about a deal I swore to God I made with Cupid
And poof it
all came back to reality
she had never said a word to me in actuality
I'd never get a chance to say I wanna be with her
When she's gone I'll miss her
I will wanna kiss her
I'd like to get to know you
Ain't no games I'm tryina play
I think I'd really grow on you
I'd love you till our dyin day
At least that's what I wanna say
She'd say she wanna run away
I'd tell her that I feel the same
But she don't even know my name
Well I want to get her attention
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games
Playin with her heart and her affection
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games (x3)
She was on a dinner date
Salad on her dinner plate
Heard her say "It's gettin late"
She was with a try-hard guy
with a tie and the 9 to 5 with an ex-wife
But who am I to judge anyone cause
She was unlike anyone or anything I'd ever seen
Like a heaven-sent wish from a boyhood dream
I could be her king kong, she could be my queen
I'd like to get to know you
Ain't no games I'm tryina play
I think I'd really grow on you
I'd love you till our dyin day
At least that's what I wanna say
She'd say she wanna run away
I'd tell her that I feel the same
But she don't even know my name
Well I want to get her attention
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games
Playin with her heart and her affection
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games
They both left but conveniently
she forgot her key and right there
is how she came to be with me
Off the top of my head I said something that probably seemed stupid
Something about a deal I swore to God I made with Cupid
And poof it
all came back to reality
she had never said a word to me in actuality
I'd never get a chance to say I wanna be with her
When she's gone I'll miss her
I will wanna kiss her
I'd like to get to know you
Ain't no games I'm tryina play
I think I'd really grow on you
I'd love you till our dyin day
At least that's what I wanna say
She'd say she wanna run away
I'd tell her that I feel the same
But she don't even know my name
Well I want to get her attention
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games
Playin with her heart and her affection
She don't know my name
And she don't want my games (x3)
Lyrics submitted by frogela
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