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.
Baby, put on your high heels
Run the show and let's just run away
Yeah, I got the plan to kill your blues
And all it's gonna take it you and me
I got a full tank, lady, and I'm ready to drive
I got a full tank, baby, just look up at the sky
Don't you back up, back up on all the things
We'll find a place to stay, yeah
Woah oh oh oh, hey
You say that you hate it here
So why don't we disappear?
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Just pick a spot on the map
And I'll get you there and back
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Pedal to the
Pedal like the devil, gonna drive you straight to heaven
'Til you're smiling hard
Wishing on a bottle, let your hand just drive the throttle
Like a shooting star, yeah
I got a full tank, lady, and I'm ready to drive
I got a full tank, baby, just look up at the sky
Name the time and place and I'll come get you
Don't matter if it's near or far, no
Woah oh oh oh, hey
You say that you hate it here
So why don't we disappear?
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Just pick a spot on the map
And I'll get you there and back
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Where you're going, I'm going too
Where you're going, I wanna ride with you
Where you going? 'Cause I'm going too
Where you're going, I wanna ride with you
Woah oh oh oh, hey
You say that you hate it here
So why don't we disappear?
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Just pick a spot on the map
And I'll get you there and back
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom, yeah
Woo, haha
Zoom
Run the show and let's just run away
Yeah, I got the plan to kill your blues
And all it's gonna take it you and me
I got a full tank, lady, and I'm ready to drive
I got a full tank, baby, just look up at the sky
Don't you back up, back up on all the things
We'll find a place to stay, yeah
Woah oh oh oh, hey
You say that you hate it here
So why don't we disappear?
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Just pick a spot on the map
And I'll get you there and back
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Pedal to the
Pedal like the devil, gonna drive you straight to heaven
'Til you're smiling hard
Wishing on a bottle, let your hand just drive the throttle
Like a shooting star, yeah
I got a full tank, lady, and I'm ready to drive
I got a full tank, baby, just look up at the sky
Name the time and place and I'll come get you
Don't matter if it's near or far, no
Woah oh oh oh, hey
You say that you hate it here
So why don't we disappear?
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Just pick a spot on the map
And I'll get you there and back
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Where you're going, I'm going too
Where you're going, I wanna ride with you
Where you going? 'Cause I'm going too
Where you're going, I wanna ride with you
Woah oh oh oh, hey
You say that you hate it here
So why don't we disappear?
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom
Just pick a spot on the map
And I'll get you there and back
If you want to go to the moon
I'll take you there, baby zoom, yeah
Woo, haha
Zoom
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Zoom Lyrics as written by - Ilya Rickard Goransson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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