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.
Gathered for this mess
Abandon all that you know
You say that you're not blind
Yet you can't see which way the river flows
The engines start to seize
The walls begin to close
The betrayal that you see
Yet you can't see which way the river flows
The end, it has begun
So blind that you can't see
Visions that don't exist
Of despair and misery
As you sink forever further
The quicksand in your mind
And the day turns into night
You choose what you shall find
As the waters pull you under
With nowhere left to go
You say you see tomorrow
Yet you can't see which way the river flows
Abandon all that you know
You say that you're not blind
Yet you can't see which way the river flows
The engines start to seize
The walls begin to close
The betrayal that you see
Yet you can't see which way the river flows
The end, it has begun
So blind that you can't see
Visions that don't exist
Of despair and misery
As you sink forever further
The quicksand in your mind
And the day turns into night
You choose what you shall find
As the waters pull you under
With nowhere left to go
You say you see tomorrow
Yet you can't see which way the river flows
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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