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.
You never close your eyes when you kiss me
We harldy laugh or talk anymore
Lately there's been a chill in the air
That I can't ignore
When I ask, you say that it's nothing
But girl that nothing gets bigger each day
And I'm fighting the feeling
You might be slippin' away
Tell me that I'm crazy
Tell me that I'm right
Say we're gonna make it
It's worth the fight
Tell me that you love me
Tell me you want out
Baby I can take it
So tell me now
You're silence isn't gonna help me
Look me in the eye and tell me now
I gave you space, I tried to be patient
I want to listen, I'm willing to bend
But we can't work it out
If you're not gonna let me in
This time has come for you to say something
All I ask is that it be the truth
'Cause if we can't be honest
We don't have much left to lose
Tell me that I'm crazy
Tell me that I'm right
Say we're gonna make it
It's worth the fight
Tell me that you love me
Tell me you want out
Baby I can take it
So tell me now
You're silence isn't gonna help me
Look me in the eye and tell me now
Tell me that I'm crazy
Tell me that I'm right
Say we're gonna make it
It's worth the fight
Tell me that you love me
Tell me you want out
Baby I can take it
So tell me now
You're silence isn't gonna help me
Look me in the eye and tell me now
We harldy laugh or talk anymore
Lately there's been a chill in the air
That I can't ignore
When I ask, you say that it's nothing
But girl that nothing gets bigger each day
And I'm fighting the feeling
You might be slippin' away
Tell me that I'm crazy
Tell me that I'm right
Say we're gonna make it
It's worth the fight
Tell me that you love me
Tell me you want out
Baby I can take it
So tell me now
You're silence isn't gonna help me
Look me in the eye and tell me now
I gave you space, I tried to be patient
I want to listen, I'm willing to bend
But we can't work it out
If you're not gonna let me in
This time has come for you to say something
All I ask is that it be the truth
'Cause if we can't be honest
We don't have much left to lose
Tell me that I'm crazy
Tell me that I'm right
Say we're gonna make it
It's worth the fight
Tell me that you love me
Tell me you want out
Baby I can take it
So tell me now
You're silence isn't gonna help me
Look me in the eye and tell me now
Tell me that I'm crazy
Tell me that I'm right
Say we're gonna make it
It's worth the fight
Tell me that you love me
Tell me you want out
Baby I can take it
So tell me now
You're silence isn't gonna help me
Look me in the eye and tell me now
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Tell Me Now Lyrics as written by Robert Joseph Regan George G. Iii Teren
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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