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.
I been runnin' around, tryin' 2 make u see
I can't , can't seem 2 find the cure 4 my disease
No way, I aint buyin', your version of paradise
Someday gonn' pack my bags, one desire, 2 see the other side
Can u see the, the writings on the wall, & I know 4 sure
I could show u things u thought were long gone, nothing left 2 say
New position, calling 4 a new day, come along with me
New position, giving u the right-of-way
I got, got no time 4 another phony friend
Why do, do u insist-a, making me pretend
No shame, how do u live, with fooling yourself
No game, u lost your crack, get off my back, I wish u well
Can u see the, the writings on the wall, & I know 4 sure
I could show u things u thought were long gone, nothing left 2 say
New position, calling 4 a new day, come along with me
New position, giving u the right-of-way
Loose lip talking, send u walking
Words you're saying, your style I'm slaying
So revealing, ill I'm feeling
I can't help myself, I say come on....
Solo
No one's caring, what u declaring
What I'm finding, your shit is blinding
So revealing, I'll I'm feeling
Let me tell u it's 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 u!
Yes, it's up 2 u.
Can u see the, the writings on the wall, & I know 4 sure
I could show u things u thought were long gone, nothing left 2 say
New position, calling 4 a new day, come along with me
New position, giving u the right-of-way
I can't , can't seem 2 find the cure 4 my disease
No way, I aint buyin', your version of paradise
Someday gonn' pack my bags, one desire, 2 see the other side
Can u see the, the writings on the wall, & I know 4 sure
I could show u things u thought were long gone, nothing left 2 say
New position, calling 4 a new day, come along with me
New position, giving u the right-of-way
I got, got no time 4 another phony friend
Why do, do u insist-a, making me pretend
No shame, how do u live, with fooling yourself
No game, u lost your crack, get off my back, I wish u well
Can u see the, the writings on the wall, & I know 4 sure
I could show u things u thought were long gone, nothing left 2 say
New position, calling 4 a new day, come along with me
New position, giving u the right-of-way
Loose lip talking, send u walking
Words you're saying, your style I'm slaying
So revealing, ill I'm feeling
I can't help myself, I say come on....
Solo
No one's caring, what u declaring
What I'm finding, your shit is blinding
So revealing, I'll I'm feeling
Let me tell u it's 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 u!
Yes, it's up 2 u.
Can u see the, the writings on the wall, & I know 4 sure
I could show u things u thought were long gone, nothing left 2 say
New position, calling 4 a new day, come along with me
New position, giving u the right-of-way
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New Position Lyrics as written by Neal J. Schon Jeffrey Scott Soto
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