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.
If every day was the same
I would have died years ago
My calendar is marked
With blood red x's
For every twenty-four hours I've suffered through
Today has been cluttered with
Broken teeth and filthy stitches
And a conscience that won't shut up
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
It says a lot about the difference between me and you
But if you're all I've got
I'll have nothing left
After what I'm about to do
Let's begin this autumn drive
One jerk of the wheel,
We'll see how cold this November water really is
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
I'd like to kill somebody
Say it like you mean it
I'd like to kill somebody
Let's go for a ride Otis
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through infected wounds
And softened scars again
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through your infected wounds
And softened scars
It's my favorite kind of day
Filled with the things we fear
They'll find us where we sleep
And fuck us where we breathe
And not just fade away
Well I'd like you to fade away
I'd like you to fade away
The way I let you fade away
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day
I would have died years ago
My calendar is marked
With blood red x's
For every twenty-four hours I've suffered through
Today has been cluttered with
Broken teeth and filthy stitches
And a conscience that won't shut up
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
It says a lot about the difference between me and you
But if you're all I've got
I'll have nothing left
After what I'm about to do
Let's begin this autumn drive
One jerk of the wheel,
We'll see how cold this November water really is
I understand that your worst is beating the hell out of my best
But I can take it (I can take it)
The one thing that I'll never get
Is how you turned out like all the rest
But I can take it (I can take it)
I'd like to kill somebody
Say it like you mean it
I'd like to kill somebody
Let's go for a ride Otis
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through infected wounds
And softened scars again
I'll watch your blood run thin
Through your infected wounds
And softened scars
It's my favorite kind of day
Filled with the things we fear
They'll find us where we sleep
And fuck us where we breathe
And not just fade away
Well I'd like you to fade away
I'd like you to fade away
The way I let you fade away
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day (whoa whoa, whoa whoa)
Today was my favorite kind of day
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