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.
Just bend beneath the boughs.
Our clever forest house.
You were arriving from somewhere else,
But why can’t I recall it?
Said we’d never meet again.
You looked hopeful said “that all depends,”
“On what,” I asked, my face a mask.
Well you could stay the night I guess.
Slough off the morning dew.
Glad it didn’t get to you.
Always try to be on cue.
Get the light just perfect I can match the hue.
You were caught up in the chase.
The night we’d spent our hearts did race.
Wish I had a pretty face,
So it wouldn’t be so hard to talk to you.
Must be prone to midnight frights,
Broken toes, and blinding bathroom lights.
You couldn’t sleep again--
I vowed to you and you just had that grin…
Never gonna’ be without,
A broken horse and a heavy plow.
Think that I’d get used to you,
If you’d get used to me.
What’s the point of lying then?
If every single thing we share’s a sin.
I ditch my morals--
I’ll grab them when we have that time to quarrel.
Make no sound,
Dump the water ‘til the fire’s out.
I agree,
I’m full of sympathy.
Things get hard,
I’ll show you where I am when it gets dark.
And you can call me,
I’ll be right beneath the maple tree.
Our clever forest house.
You were arriving from somewhere else,
But why can’t I recall it?
Said we’d never meet again.
You looked hopeful said “that all depends,”
“On what,” I asked, my face a mask.
Well you could stay the night I guess.
Slough off the morning dew.
Glad it didn’t get to you.
Always try to be on cue.
Get the light just perfect I can match the hue.
You were caught up in the chase.
The night we’d spent our hearts did race.
Wish I had a pretty face,
So it wouldn’t be so hard to talk to you.
Must be prone to midnight frights,
Broken toes, and blinding bathroom lights.
You couldn’t sleep again--
I vowed to you and you just had that grin…
Never gonna’ be without,
A broken horse and a heavy plow.
Think that I’d get used to you,
If you’d get used to me.
What’s the point of lying then?
If every single thing we share’s a sin.
I ditch my morals--
I’ll grab them when we have that time to quarrel.
Make no sound,
Dump the water ‘til the fire’s out.
I agree,
I’m full of sympathy.
Things get hard,
I’ll show you where I am when it gets dark.
And you can call me,
I’ll be right beneath the maple tree.
Lyrics submitted by DARRRBBYYY
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