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.
There is a girl up in her bed
Blade against her skin
I see you
Hoping the pain covers the dread
Keeps the secrets in
I see you
You think there's no one there
To hear your plea
But I can see
There is a girl over a cliff
Trying to break her fall
I see you
Hoping she'll find one little if
Clinging to the wall
I see you
Whether it's black despair
Or just ennui
I can see
Wires get crossed and tangled
People bruise, and they leave
But I see
And I believe
There is a girl out with the tide
Empty as the sky
I see you
Dead to the world, frozen inside
Drier than an eye
I see you
You want to disappear
And just not be
But I can see
People get crushed and broken
People lose and they grieve
But I see
And I believe
I see
And I believe
Blade against her skin
I see you
Hoping the pain covers the dread
Keeps the secrets in
I see you
You think there's no one there
To hear your plea
But I can see
There is a girl over a cliff
Trying to break her fall
I see you
Hoping she'll find one little if
Clinging to the wall
I see you
Whether it's black despair
Or just ennui
I can see
Wires get crossed and tangled
People bruise, and they leave
But I see
And I believe
There is a girl out with the tide
Empty as the sky
I see you
Dead to the world, frozen inside
Drier than an eye
I see you
You want to disappear
And just not be
But I can see
People get crushed and broken
People lose and they grieve
But I see
And I believe
I see
And I believe
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Great version of a great song,
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That should have been sadness never felt so happy. (I can't type AND I study English, d'oh!)
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simple..
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