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.
Well I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday
Parking by the lake and there was not another car in sight
And I never had a girl looking any better than you did
And all the kids at school, they were wishing they were me that night
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
Come on! Hold tight!
Oh come on! Hold tight!
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
I can see paradise by the dashboard light
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night (In the deep dark night)
Paradise by the dashboard light
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
Stop right there!
I gotta know right now!
Before we go any further
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me?
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy
For the rest of my life?
Will you take me away
And will you make me your wife?
Let me sleep on it (Sleep on it)
Baby, baby let me sleep on it (Sleep on it)
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you an answer in the morning
I gotta know right now!
Do you love me? (Do you, do you love me?)
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me? (Do you, do you need me?)
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy (Will you never leave me?)
For the rest of my life?
Will you take me away (Do you, do you, do you)
And will you make me your wife?
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Let me sleep on it
Will you love me forever?
Let me sleep on it
Will you love me forever?
I couldn't take it any longer
Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me
Like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my God
And on my Mother's grave
That I would love you to the end of time
I swore I would love you to the end of time
So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I can do right now!
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do
Praying for the end of time
So I can end my time with you!
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, it never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, it never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, it never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
Felt so good!
Felt so right!
Paradise!
Parking by the lake and there was not another car in sight
And I never had a girl looking any better than you did
And all the kids at school, they were wishing they were me that night
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
Come on! Hold tight!
Oh come on! Hold tight!
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
I can see paradise by the dashboard light
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night (In the deep dark night)
Paradise by the dashboard light
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
Stop right there!
I gotta know right now!
Before we go any further
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me?
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy
For the rest of my life?
Will you take me away
And will you make me your wife?
Let me sleep on it (Sleep on it)
Baby, baby let me sleep on it (Sleep on it)
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you an answer in the morning
I gotta know right now!
Do you love me? (Do you, do you love me?)
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me? (Do you, do you need me?)
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy (Will you never leave me?)
For the rest of my life?
Will you take me away (Do you, do you, do you)
And will you make me your wife?
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Let me sleep on it
Will you love me forever?
Let me sleep on it
Will you love me forever?
I couldn't take it any longer
Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me
Like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my God
And on my Mother's grave
That I would love you to the end of time
I swore I would love you to the end of time
So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I can do right now!
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do
Praying for the end of time
So I can end my time with you!
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, it never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, it never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, it never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
Felt so good!
Felt so right!
Paradise!
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96
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