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.
Drifting through a caravan around the campfire light
Lovely woman in motion, hair as dark as night
With eyes that shine like a cat in the dark
That hypnotized me with love
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman, woman
She danced around and around to guitars and melodies
From the fire her face is all aglow, how she enchanted me
Oh how I'd love to hold her near and kiss and forever whisper in her ear
I love you, gypsy woman
I love you, gypsy woman
I love you, gypsy woman, woman
All through the caravan, she was dancing with all the men
Waiting for the rising sun just to tell her that I'm the one
Hate to see the lady go, knowing she may never know
That I love her, yes I love her
I love my gypsy woman
I love my gypsy woman
I love my gypsy woman, woman
Lovely woman in motion, hair as dark as night
With eyes that shine like a cat in the dark
That hypnotized me with love
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman, woman
She danced around and around to guitars and melodies
From the fire her face is all aglow, how she enchanted me
Oh how I'd love to hold her near and kiss and forever whisper in her ear
I love you, gypsy woman
I love you, gypsy woman
I love you, gypsy woman, woman
All through the caravan, she was dancing with all the men
Waiting for the rising sun just to tell her that I'm the one
Hate to see the lady go, knowing she may never know
That I love her, yes I love her
I love my gypsy woman
I love my gypsy woman
I love my gypsy woman, woman
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