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.
They've been married
For seventeen years
But you can see
She doesn't trust him at all
And you can see she doesn't believe that he is not cheating
You can't blame a poor girl
He's been a busy man all his life, just like the rest of us
One day she caught him with another girl
He said it was his mother
She caught with another one
He said it was his sister
He's in deep water again
I don't know what he gonna say today but
I won't be surprise if he gets out of this one like the other ones
Cause I know he's the Houdini
Of cheaters, hear him now when he says
[Chorus]
Cool down baby everything is under control
It doesn't matter where I get my appetite
I will always eat at home [Repeat: x2]
Oh, oh
They've been married for seventeen years
But you can see
He doesn't trust her at all
And you can see he doesn't believe
She's not cheating
You can't blame a poor man
She's been a busy girl
All her life just like the rest of us
One day he caught her with another man
She said it was her father
He caught her with another one
She said it was her brother
I believe that it is true
Birds of a feather fly together
She has learned from master
I wasn't surprise at all
When I heard her say hey
[Chorus]
For seventeen years
But you can see
She doesn't trust him at all
And you can see she doesn't believe that he is not cheating
You can't blame a poor girl
He's been a busy man all his life, just like the rest of us
One day she caught him with another girl
He said it was his mother
She caught with another one
He said it was his sister
He's in deep water again
I don't know what he gonna say today but
I won't be surprise if he gets out of this one like the other ones
Cause I know he's the Houdini
Of cheaters, hear him now when he says
[Chorus]
Cool down baby everything is under control
It doesn't matter where I get my appetite
I will always eat at home [Repeat: x2]
Oh, oh
They've been married for seventeen years
But you can see
He doesn't trust her at all
And you can see he doesn't believe
She's not cheating
You can't blame a poor man
She's been a busy girl
All her life just like the rest of us
One day he caught her with another man
She said it was her father
He caught her with another one
She said it was her brother
I believe that it is true
Birds of a feather fly together
She has learned from master
I wasn't surprise at all
When I heard her say hey
[Chorus]
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