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 like the sound of the broken pieces
I like the lights and a siren she says
We got machines but the kids got Jesus
We like to move like we both don't need this
God can't hear you, they will fight you
Watch them build a friend just like you
Morning Sickness, XYZ
Teenage Girls with ESP
Gimme the sound to see
Another world outside that's full of
All the broken things that I made
Just give me a life to plea
Another world outside that's full of
All the awful things that I made
We like to dance but the dead go faster
Turn up the slam and a bar code blaster
We want the cash or the drugs you're after
Rez-up control for the mixtape master
Self-correction, mass dissection
Death squad brats are in detention
Morning sickness, XYZ
Boys with bombs in NMA
Compliancy, special castings
Photographs that I'm erasing
Phono slots with picture screens
Girls with guns on LSD
Self-infraction, mass destruction
Programmed for the final function
Lab Rat King, rescue team
Save me from the next life
Gimme the sound, to see
Another world outside that's full of
All the broken things that I made
Just give me a life to plea
Another world outside that's full of
All the awful things that I made
'Cause we are the last disease
Another broken life that's full of
All the awful things that I made
And we got the eyes to see
Another broken life that's full of
All the awful things that I made
I like the lights and a siren she says
We got machines but the kids got Jesus
We like to move like we both don't need this
God can't hear you, they will fight you
Watch them build a friend just like you
Morning Sickness, XYZ
Teenage Girls with ESP
Gimme the sound to see
Another world outside that's full of
All the broken things that I made
Just give me a life to plea
Another world outside that's full of
All the awful things that I made
We like to dance but the dead go faster
Turn up the slam and a bar code blaster
We want the cash or the drugs you're after
Rez-up control for the mixtape master
Self-correction, mass dissection
Death squad brats are in detention
Morning sickness, XYZ
Boys with bombs in NMA
Compliancy, special castings
Photographs that I'm erasing
Phono slots with picture screens
Girls with guns on LSD
Self-infraction, mass destruction
Programmed for the final function
Lab Rat King, rescue team
Save me from the next life
Gimme the sound, to see
Another world outside that's full of
All the broken things that I made
Just give me a life to plea
Another world outside that's full of
All the awful things that I made
'Cause we are the last disease
Another broken life that's full of
All the awful things that I made
And we got the eyes to see
Another broken life that's full of
All the awful things that I made
Lyrics submitted by wellDUHitssarah, edited by wilsonclz, neepos, coffeehaus, Hilbrande, consonance, allyson176
Professional Griefers Lyrics as written by Joel Zimmerman Gerard Way
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Yeah, but he got the name from Minecraft. He's a huge Minecraft fan.