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.
Take me right now
Up your arm, right next to your ear
So I can whisper
So what if I now forgive you
So what you're not the one
I have to rise above you
And we must be moving on
Take me down there
Share your secrets
Break the boundaries into pieces
Wake me up in time to miss you
I won't know it and I won't care
And so what if it's blown to pieces
At least you're still alive
â??Cause I just can't believe this
You just laid down and died
Take me down there
Share your secrets
Break the boundaries into pieces
Just say that on the way down you'll wave to me
Just say that on the way down you'll wave to me
Take me down there
Share your secrets
Break the boundaries into pieces
Just say that you'll break me right into pieces
Up your arm, right next to your ear
So I can whisper
So what if I now forgive you
So what you're not the one
I have to rise above you
And we must be moving on
Take me down there
Share your secrets
Break the boundaries into pieces
Wake me up in time to miss you
I won't know it and I won't care
And so what if it's blown to pieces
At least you're still alive
â??Cause I just can't believe this
You just laid down and died
Take me down there
Share your secrets
Break the boundaries into pieces
Just say that on the way down you'll wave to me
Just say that on the way down you'll wave to me
Take me down there
Share your secrets
Break the boundaries into pieces
Just say that you'll break me right into pieces
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AMAZING song its so great... first heard of P-45 on the surf movie Momentum and they are amazing
i had the pleasure of seeing them in concert, this is probably my favorite song of their's. Man i hope they come back!