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.
So tell me where it hurts
Do those stunts prove anything
I doubt that I believe that anyone is doing it
Darling read this from a book
But you're the one you're hurting
No no
Safe this from distraction
Polishing all these severed hands
Oblivion is nice
'Til it bites you in the ass
Up in your role
Without a single clue
The riddle of name
In every poison arrow end
Twilight hours on a hook
With no money burning
No no
I gotta desert you
Quietly slide out your back door
The vertigo is nice
But it makes it hard to dance
Guess you want to win a prize
Company odds exchange this night
Losing it all again ain't wise
Whoa, wait
She said that I record
I got shift than I deserve
Look back from anything, but
The question is simple
Why not be smiling ?
No no
What did it hurt ?
Leaving it all to happenstance
One of these nights
When I can't get settled down
What did it hurt ?
Leaving it all to happenstance
One of these nights
When I can't get settled down
When I can't get settled down
Do those stunts prove anything
I doubt that I believe that anyone is doing it
Darling read this from a book
But you're the one you're hurting
No no
Safe this from distraction
Polishing all these severed hands
Oblivion is nice
'Til it bites you in the ass
Up in your role
Without a single clue
The riddle of name
In every poison arrow end
Twilight hours on a hook
With no money burning
No no
I gotta desert you
Quietly slide out your back door
The vertigo is nice
But it makes it hard to dance
Guess you want to win a prize
Company odds exchange this night
Losing it all again ain't wise
Whoa, wait
She said that I record
I got shift than I deserve
Look back from anything, but
The question is simple
Why not be smiling ?
No no
What did it hurt ?
Leaving it all to happenstance
One of these nights
When I can't get settled down
What did it hurt ?
Leaving it all to happenstance
One of these nights
When I can't get settled down
When I can't get settled down
Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings, edited by username-ben
An Easy Life Lyrics as written by James Mercer Brian Burton
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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