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.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I have seen you smile
At the accidental touch of my hand
A secret grin
There's a covert light in your eyes
When I walk in the room
Yeah, I caught you
Babe, you can't run from the truth
You cannot tell me a lie
'Cause girl you have to show me why
This is not our time
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong
Somethin' is goin' on, yeah
I have felt my heart skip a beat
At the sound of your name
I turn away
You can read my bad poetry
That I've tried to erase
But it's written on my face
I cannot run from the truth
And I don't believe in lies
But girl, you have to show me why
This is not our time
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong
Somethin' is goin' on
On top of some mountain
I'll scream it, I'll shout that
I love you, you love me
How can that be wrong?
Somethin' is goin' on, yes it is
Somethin' is goin' on
Somethin' is
I cannot run from the truth
And I don't believe in lies
But girl, you have to show me why
This thing will not work
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong
Hey girl, you have to show me why
This is not our time
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong, yeah
Somethin' is goin' on, yeah
You know it is
You know it is
Somethin' is goin' on
Somethin' is goin' on
You and me, babe
You know somethin' is goin'
Somethin' is, somethin' is
Somethin's going on, somethin' is
How can that be wrong?
'Cause somethin' is, somethin' is
Somethin' is goin' on
'Cause somethin' is goin' on
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I have seen you smile
At the accidental touch of my hand
A secret grin
There's a covert light in your eyes
When I walk in the room
Yeah, I caught you
Babe, you can't run from the truth
You cannot tell me a lie
'Cause girl you have to show me why
This is not our time
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong
Somethin' is goin' on, yeah
I have felt my heart skip a beat
At the sound of your name
I turn away
You can read my bad poetry
That I've tried to erase
But it's written on my face
I cannot run from the truth
And I don't believe in lies
But girl, you have to show me why
This is not our time
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong
Somethin' is goin' on
On top of some mountain
I'll scream it, I'll shout that
I love you, you love me
How can that be wrong?
Somethin' is goin' on, yes it is
Somethin' is goin' on
Somethin' is
I cannot run from the truth
And I don't believe in lies
But girl, you have to show me why
This thing will not work
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong
Hey girl, you have to show me why
This is not our time
When all the evidence is sayin' that you're wrong, yeah
Somethin' is goin' on, yeah
You know it is
You know it is
Somethin' is goin' on
Somethin' is goin' on
You and me, babe
You know somethin' is goin'
Somethin' is, somethin' is
Somethin's going on, somethin' is
How can that be wrong?
'Cause somethin' is, somethin' is
Somethin' is goin' on
'Cause somethin' is goin' on
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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