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.
Oh, through the red lights, the amber
The silent mannequins
The crumpled mothers in their seats
Pull into morning through the stations
The smell of chemicals
Do I want you because you are out of reach?
Oh, it's all there for us
Oh, it belongs to us
Oh, and there is nothing we can't reach
Oh, we hold it all in our fist
Like kids, like savages
And we'll run in the playground
If you'll just stay with me
Oh, through the red lights, the amber
I steal a look at you
Behind the wheel of another car
Oh, nothing matters
But this moment
I conjure the imagery
Of a different life, another path
Oh, it's all there for us
Oh, it belongs to us
Oh, and there is nothing we can't reach
Oh, we hold it all in our fist
Like kids, like savages
And we'll run in the playground
If you'll just stay with me
Oh, it's all there for us
Oh, it belongs to us
Oh, and there is nothing we can't reach
Oh, we hold it all in our fist
Like kids, like savages
And we'll run in the playground
If you'll just stay with me
The silent mannequins
The crumpled mothers in their seats
Pull into morning through the stations
The smell of chemicals
Do I want you because you are out of reach?
Oh, it's all there for us
Oh, it belongs to us
Oh, and there is nothing we can't reach
Oh, we hold it all in our fist
Like kids, like savages
And we'll run in the playground
If you'll just stay with me
Oh, through the red lights, the amber
I steal a look at you
Behind the wheel of another car
Oh, nothing matters
But this moment
I conjure the imagery
Of a different life, another path
Oh, it's all there for us
Oh, it belongs to us
Oh, and there is nothing we can't reach
Oh, we hold it all in our fist
Like kids, like savages
And we'll run in the playground
If you'll just stay with me
Oh, it's all there for us
Oh, it belongs to us
Oh, and there is nothing we can't reach
Oh, we hold it all in our fist
Like kids, like savages
And we'll run in the playground
If you'll just stay with me
Lyrics submitted by etinacadiaego
Like Kids Lyrics as written by Richard Oakes Brett Anderson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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