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.
And in the darkness of loathing
When all is hindered by phantom fears
Don't be afraid of showing
The little bird that sings so clear
Is it very safe and near?
It's spoken through your heart
It's moving up your veins
It's at the tip of your tongue and singing
You are a holy one
You are a majesty
I love the world and the world is ringing
Back with the same
Back with the same
It's somewhere in the dark
Feeling through those caves
The bird is lost and on ash it's choking
And when it rises up
Your fingers pushing down
As it tries to escape the flames
It flies away
Just hold up your hands
Hold up your hands
And when I'm thirsty
You are the fountain
In the face of danger
I am unafraid
And when I'm thirsty
You are the fountain
In the face of danger
I am unafraid
As long as you're here
As long as you're here
It's somewhere in the dark
Feeling through those caves
The bird is lost and on ash it's choking
And when it rises up
Your fingers pushing down
As it tries to escape the flames
It flies away
Just hold up your hands
Hold up your hands
And when I'm thirsty
(When I'm thirsty)
You are the fountain
(You are the fountain)
In the face of danger
(In the face of danger)
I am unafraid
(I am unafraid)
And when I'm thirsty
(When I'm thirsty)
You are the fountain
(You are the fountain)
In the face of danger
(In the face of danger)
I am unafraid
(I am unafraid)
I am unafraid
I'm not afraid
When all is hindered by phantom fears
Don't be afraid of showing
The little bird that sings so clear
Is it very safe and near?
It's spoken through your heart
It's moving up your veins
It's at the tip of your tongue and singing
You are a holy one
You are a majesty
I love the world and the world is ringing
Back with the same
Back with the same
It's somewhere in the dark
Feeling through those caves
The bird is lost and on ash it's choking
And when it rises up
Your fingers pushing down
As it tries to escape the flames
It flies away
Just hold up your hands
Hold up your hands
And when I'm thirsty
You are the fountain
In the face of danger
I am unafraid
And when I'm thirsty
You are the fountain
In the face of danger
I am unafraid
As long as you're here
As long as you're here
It's somewhere in the dark
Feeling through those caves
The bird is lost and on ash it's choking
And when it rises up
Your fingers pushing down
As it tries to escape the flames
It flies away
Just hold up your hands
Hold up your hands
And when I'm thirsty
(When I'm thirsty)
You are the fountain
(You are the fountain)
In the face of danger
(In the face of danger)
I am unafraid
(I am unafraid)
And when I'm thirsty
(When I'm thirsty)
You are the fountain
(You are the fountain)
In the face of danger
(In the face of danger)
I am unafraid
(I am unafraid)
I am unafraid
I'm not afraid
Lyrics submitted by owltiem
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