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.
Hey kids time to roll
that's how we lost control
wasting precious time
I couldn't tell you why
come alive, and the time is mine
shut the light as I lead the blind
took the knife for the sleeping or happy
But the days are overlapping, our days are overlapping
I'll start a revolution when I get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution when get up get out
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
start a revolution start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
everyday you get weaker stand up
cause we need you
hey everyday is reason everyday is a reason
to just do it all over again
come alive, and the time is mine
shut the light as I lead the blind
took the knife for the sleeping or happy
But the days are overlapping, our days are overlapping
I'll start a revolution when I get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution when get up get out
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
start a revolution start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
When I get up in the morning
(Get up get out get up)
Get up in the morning
(Get up get out get up)
When I get up get out
all the things You do that they tell you not to
To walking in my shoes but you stumble don't you
four, five, six, am
I'm up all night/I'm up I'm out oh
I'd start a revolution when I get
I start a revolution get up, get out
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution
I'll start a revolution
Get up get out
that's how we lost control
wasting precious time
I couldn't tell you why
come alive, and the time is mine
shut the light as I lead the blind
took the knife for the sleeping or happy
But the days are overlapping, our days are overlapping
I'll start a revolution when I get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution when get up get out
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
start a revolution start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
everyday you get weaker stand up
cause we need you
hey everyday is reason everyday is a reason
to just do it all over again
come alive, and the time is mine
shut the light as I lead the blind
took the knife for the sleeping or happy
But the days are overlapping, our days are overlapping
I'll start a revolution when I get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution when get up get out
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
start a revolution start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
When I get up in the morning
(Get up get out get up)
Get up in the morning
(Get up get out get up)
When I get up get out
all the things You do that they tell you not to
To walking in my shoes but you stumble don't you
four, five, six, am
I'm up all night/I'm up I'm out oh
I'd start a revolution when I get
I start a revolution get up, get out
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
start a revolution, start a revolution
When I get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution get up in the morning
I'll start a revolution
I'll start a revolution
Get up get out
Lyrics submitted by Jessica Buckner
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