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.
Shutters on my house
Keeps the sunlight in
If that's not enough to keep the people out
Then I don't wanna know what's on the other side
Turn on the TV
I wonder who thinks of it all
We could be watching the same thing
But I always shock myself when I plug it into the wall
So should I ask?
Are you home?
I can't keep anything down
All I hear is static buzz
And it's all echoing through my bedroom wall
Cover me in flies
They're breaking through the door
That'll show the garbage man
What everyone else is always so bitter for
So should I ask?
Are you home?
I can't keep anything down
All I hear is static buzz
And it's all echoing through my bedroom wall
Shutters on my house
Keeps the sunlight in
If that's not enough to keep the people out
Then I don't wanna know what's on the other side
The other side
The other side
The other side
Keeps the sunlight in
If that's not enough to keep the people out
Then I don't wanna know what's on the other side
Turn on the TV
I wonder who thinks of it all
We could be watching the same thing
But I always shock myself when I plug it into the wall
So should I ask?
Are you home?
I can't keep anything down
All I hear is static buzz
And it's all echoing through my bedroom wall
Cover me in flies
They're breaking through the door
That'll show the garbage man
What everyone else is always so bitter for
So should I ask?
Are you home?
I can't keep anything down
All I hear is static buzz
And it's all echoing through my bedroom wall
Shutters on my house
Keeps the sunlight in
If that's not enough to keep the people out
Then I don't wanna know what's on the other side
The other side
The other side
The other side
Lyrics submitted by uselessaffluence
Static Buzz Lyrics as written by Lindsey Jordan
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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