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.
See the tree how big it's grown
But friend, it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted
It was just a twig
Then the first snow came
And she ran out to brush the snow away
It wouldn't die
Came running in all excited
Slipped and almost hurt herself
I laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart
Kinda dumb and kinda smart
I loved her so
I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve
Two years ago
It would sure embarrass her
When I came home from working late
'Cause I would know
That she'd been sitting there and crying
Over some sad and silly
Late, late show
And Honey, I miss you
I'm being good
I'd love to be with you
If only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And found her crying needlessly
In the middle of the day
It was in the early spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away
And Honey, I miss you
And I'm being good
I'd love to be with you
If only I could
Yes, one day while I wasn't home
When she was there and all alone
The angels came
Now all I have is memories
Of Honey and I wake up nights
And call her name
Now my life's an empty stage
Where Honey lived and Honey played
And love grew up
A small cloud passes overhead
And cries down in the flower bed
That Honey loved
See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend, it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted
It was just a twig
But friend, it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted
It was just a twig
Then the first snow came
And she ran out to brush the snow away
It wouldn't die
Came running in all excited
Slipped and almost hurt herself
I laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart
Kinda dumb and kinda smart
I loved her so
I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve
Two years ago
It would sure embarrass her
When I came home from working late
'Cause I would know
That she'd been sitting there and crying
Over some sad and silly
Late, late show
And Honey, I miss you
I'm being good
I'd love to be with you
If only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And found her crying needlessly
In the middle of the day
It was in the early spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away
And Honey, I miss you
And I'm being good
I'd love to be with you
If only I could
Yes, one day while I wasn't home
When she was there and all alone
The angels came
Now all I have is memories
Of Honey and I wake up nights
And call her name
Now my life's an empty stage
Where Honey lived and Honey played
And love grew up
A small cloud passes overhead
And cries down in the flower bed
That Honey loved
See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend, it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted
It was just a twig
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