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.
She never sleeps, never lets you leave
You're here for life
(So give it up, so give it up)
Dirty streets
got no sympathy for you tonight
(So give it up, we're gonna die young so give it up)
I wanna know
That I'm not alone here
Are you with her or against her?
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
Fate calls
Princes rise and fall
No, she don't mind
(No! It's not enough, she wont stop it's not enough)
If you feel the way I feel
It's a call to arms
I wanna know
That I'm not alone here
Are you with her or against her?
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
There's nowhere to hide, she'll find you
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
(we're gonna die young so give it up)
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
(we're gonna die young so give it up)
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
(we're gonna die young so give it up)
You're here for life
(So give it up, so give it up)
Dirty streets
got no sympathy for you tonight
(So give it up, we're gonna die young so give it up)
I wanna know
That I'm not alone here
Are you with her or against her?
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
Fate calls
Princes rise and fall
No, she don't mind
(No! It's not enough, she wont stop it's not enough)
If you feel the way I feel
It's a call to arms
I wanna know
That I'm not alone here
Are you with her or against her?
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
There's nowhere to hide, she'll find you
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
(we're gonna die young so give it up)
Search and destroy
There's nothing left to fear
No desperation
(we're gonna die young so give it up)
The streetlights, it's my city
And I owe no explanation
(we're gonna die young so give it up)
Lyrics submitted by Kharkoal
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