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.
A crowded main street
The scene was set
The checked out the view
Turned the radio on
Open the case
Assemble the gun
Laid out ready
For the President's run
The world was shocked that fateful day
A young man's life was blown away, away
In Dallas one pm
White hot lead in the back of the head
Screaming confusion
Shots ring the air
Cadillac racing
Cops on the run
They couldn't believe that the President's hit
The shooting's done
Assassins run
Is he dead?
No one will say
Around the world
The news was flashed
We sat and watched
Your tragic history
The world was shocked that fateful day
A young man's life was blown away, away
In Dallas one pm
The scene was set
The checked out the view
Turned the radio on
Open the case
Assemble the gun
Laid out ready
For the President's run
The world was shocked that fateful day
A young man's life was blown away, away
In Dallas one pm
White hot lead in the back of the head
Screaming confusion
Shots ring the air
Cadillac racing
Cops on the run
They couldn't believe that the President's hit
The shooting's done
Assassins run
Is he dead?
No one will say
Around the world
The news was flashed
We sat and watched
Your tragic history
The world was shocked that fateful day
A young man's life was blown away, away
In Dallas one pm
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Dallas 1PM Lyrics as written by P. Byford G. Oliver
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