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.
Remember when we were hand in hand
Remember we sealed it with a golden band
Now your eyes don't meet mine
You've got a pulse like fever
Do I take you for a lover
Or just a deceiver?
Simple is simple and plain is plain
If you leave me now you won't come back again
Oh, don't give up
Don't renege on our love,
Don't renege on our love
Give me just an ounce of sympathy
Give me my chains of liberty
There's a rope that binds us
And I don't want to break it
If love is a healing
Why should we forsake it?
Hunger is hunger and need is need
Am I just another mouth to feed?
Oh, the game is up
Don't renege on our love
Don't renege on our love
Remember when we were hand in hand
Remember we sealed it with a golden band
Now your eyes don't meet mine
You've got a pulse like fever
Do I take you for a lover
Or just a deceiver?
When my heart breaks, it breaks like the weather
If you leave me now it'll thunder forever
Oh, don't give up
Don't renege on our love
Don't renege on our love
Don't renege on our love
Remember we sealed it with a golden band
Now your eyes don't meet mine
You've got a pulse like fever
Do I take you for a lover
Or just a deceiver?
Simple is simple and plain is plain
If you leave me now you won't come back again
Oh, don't give up
Don't renege on our love,
Don't renege on our love
Give me just an ounce of sympathy
Give me my chains of liberty
There's a rope that binds us
And I don't want to break it
If love is a healing
Why should we forsake it?
Hunger is hunger and need is need
Am I just another mouth to feed?
Oh, the game is up
Don't renege on our love
Don't renege on our love
Remember when we were hand in hand
Remember we sealed it with a golden band
Now your eyes don't meet mine
You've got a pulse like fever
Do I take you for a lover
Or just a deceiver?
When my heart breaks, it breaks like the weather
If you leave me now it'll thunder forever
Oh, don't give up
Don't renege on our love
Don't renege on our love
Don't renege on our love
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Don't Renege on Our Love Lyrics as written by Richard John Thompson
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