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.
There's a garden spot, I'm told,where it's never too hot and it's never too
cold;
Where you're never too young and you're never too old,
Where you're never too thin or tall.
And you're never, never, never too, too, too anything at all,Oh!
You're not too mad and you're not too sane
And you don't compare and you don't complain,
All you do is just sit tight, 'cause it's all so, so, so, so down-right, right.
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
'Bzz-'bzz-'bzz Chirp, chirp, chirp, and a couple of la-de-das.
That's how the crickets crick all day
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
We get up at twelve and start work at one,
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done, Jolly good run
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho! And a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.Ha-ha-ha!
Ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la0las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
'Bzz-'bzz-'bzz Chirp, chirp, chirp, and a couple of la-de-das.
That's how the crickets crick all day
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
We get up at twelve and start work at one,
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done, Jolly good run
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho! And a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
cold;
Where you're never too young and you're never too old,
Where you're never too thin or tall.
And you're never, never, never too, too, too anything at all,Oh!
You're not too mad and you're not too sane
And you don't compare and you don't complain,
All you do is just sit tight, 'cause it's all so, so, so, so down-right, right.
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
'Bzz-'bzz-'bzz Chirp, chirp, chirp, and a couple of la-de-das.
That's how the crickets crick all day
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
We get up at twelve and start work at one,
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done, Jolly good run
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho! And a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.Ha-ha-ha!
Ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la0las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
'Bzz-'bzz-'bzz Chirp, chirp, chirp, and a couple of la-de-das.
That's how the crickets crick all day
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
We get up at twelve and start work at one,
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done, Jolly good run
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho! And a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
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