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 know you hate me
I never meant to make you feel this way
I feel so betrayed
I never thought I could feel condemned
I never thought I could feel all your sin
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's what I burn for
It's what I bleed for
I would die for you
You know I'd die for you
I feel exposed, I feel disgraced
I feel a whole new kind of hate
Someone please tell me what I'm supposed to do
'Cause you hate me but I love you
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's what I burn for
It's what I bleed for
I would die for you
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's why I'm breaking down
Ain't coming back around
Now I'm telling you
I would die for you
You know I wish I didn't feel this way
I ain't gonna change
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's what I burn for
It's what I bleed for
I would die for you
I can change to better right
I could feel your fire now
I can feel your fire now
It's why I'm breaking down
Ain't coming back around
Now I'm telling you
I would die for you
You know I'd die for you
I never meant to make you feel this way
I feel so betrayed
I never thought I could feel condemned
I never thought I could feel all your sin
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's what I burn for
It's what I bleed for
I would die for you
You know I'd die for you
I feel exposed, I feel disgraced
I feel a whole new kind of hate
Someone please tell me what I'm supposed to do
'Cause you hate me but I love you
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's what I burn for
It's what I bleed for
I would die for you
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's why I'm breaking down
Ain't coming back around
Now I'm telling you
I would die for you
You know I wish I didn't feel this way
I ain't gonna change
Oh, I can feel your madness now
Oh, I can feel your fire now
It's what I burn for
It's what I bleed for
I would die for you
I can change to better right
I could feel your fire now
I can feel your fire now
It's why I'm breaking down
Ain't coming back around
Now I'm telling you
I would die for you
You know I'd die for you
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Die for You Lyrics as written by Anthony John Armstrong Joseph Robert Rickard
Lyrics © ESSENTIAL MUSIC PUBLISHING, Bluewater Music Corp.
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I mostly agree with Scrosb. It is very likely that this song is about Jesus and the moment he was offered for humanity.
'I know you hate me, I never meant to make you feel this way' This could be an indication to the people - mostly the kings who where afraid of Jesus' power and the growing amount of his followers - who wanted him dead and crucified.
'I never thought I could feel condemned I never thought I could feel all your sin' This is most likely a indication to the fact that he died selflessly and purely for others prosperity.
'Oh, I can feel your madness now Oh, I can feel your fire now' I think that these sentences represent the fact how his most devoted followers turned on him the day of his crucifixion.
'It's what I burn for It's what I bleed for I would die for you' Again representing that he does this not for his own but for others prosperity.
'Someone please tell me what I am supposed to do' A plea to his father, God, who he listened to and for whom he was on Earth in the first place.
'I can change to better right I could feel your fire now I can feel your fire now It's why I'm breaking down Ain't coming back around Now I'm telling you I would die for you' This is supposedly where Jesus is redeemed of his suffering, when his soul left his body and finally begun its path towards heaven.
'You know I'd die for you' He would do it again. That is what this last sentence means, that Jesus would do it again without any hesitation.
Please be aware that the above is merely my opinion, not necessarily the way to look at the song! I hope I did not offend anybody with it.