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.
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
Thinking of you
And the love of our lives
In the sweet summertime
So sad but true (so true, so true)
We must leave it behind in our heart in our mind
From April through September
Bittersweet was the love that we shared don't forget I remember
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
Memories can make (they can make)
But my heart has a place for the smile on your face (on your face)
And maybe someday (someday)
We can be more than friends love will find us again
Red leaves and blue tomorrows
Time will give back the love that we shared on the time that we borrowed
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
From April through September
Bittersweet was the love that we shared don't forget I remember
Baby, baby
I never promised you a happy ending (you never said)
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (I)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
We leave behind, the sum my time, our hearts our minds
They will remind, we won't forget
The day we met
The day we cried
Autumn goodbye (Autumn goodbye)
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending (you never said)
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
Thinking of you
And the love of our lives
In the sweet summertime
So sad but true (so true, so true)
We must leave it behind in our heart in our mind
From April through September
Bittersweet was the love that we shared don't forget I remember
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
Memories can make (they can make)
But my heart has a place for the smile on your face (on your face)
And maybe someday (someday)
We can be more than friends love will find us again
Red leaves and blue tomorrows
Time will give back the love that we shared on the time that we borrowed
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
From April through September
Bittersweet was the love that we shared don't forget I remember
Baby, baby
I never promised you a happy ending (you never said)
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (I)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
We leave behind, the sum my time, our hearts our minds
They will remind, we won't forget
The day we met
The day we cried
Autumn goodbye (Autumn goodbye)
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you wouldn't make me cry
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
I never promised you a happy ending (you never said)
You never said you wouldn't make me cry (but summer love)
But summer love will keep us warm long after
Our autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye, autumn goodbye
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