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 because a man throws his own mother down a flight of stairs
Well does that necessarily imply that he is insane?
(toilet flushing)
When in fact I was trying to save her from her own vicious dog
Which she mistakenly thought was cuddly and tame
Well, what to do
I never meant to hurt you
Well, what to do
I never did mean to hurt you
I was not dangerous, in fact, I was in full control of myself
But mother seemed afraid of me as of late
My behavior was different, yes, but not that peculiar
I really only wanted to get her to cooperate
Well, what to do
I never meant to hurt you
Well, what to do
I did not mean to hurt you
Now they claim here in the hospital
That I've been dancing in my feces
And drinking my own piss
Not true, not true, people
Though I do take a nip from the toilet
It's just that, you see
Mother never gave me a kiss
Well does that necessarily imply that he is insane?
(toilet flushing)
When in fact I was trying to save her from her own vicious dog
Which she mistakenly thought was cuddly and tame
Well, what to do
I never meant to hurt you
Well, what to do
I never did mean to hurt you
I was not dangerous, in fact, I was in full control of myself
But mother seemed afraid of me as of late
My behavior was different, yes, but not that peculiar
I really only wanted to get her to cooperate
Well, what to do
I never meant to hurt you
Well, what to do
I did not mean to hurt you
Now they claim here in the hospital
That I've been dancing in my feces
And drinking my own piss
Not true, not true, people
Though I do take a nip from the toilet
It's just that, you see
Mother never gave me a kiss
Lyrics submitted by joelm
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