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.
At the music heist
I met the gourmet man
With aluminum lungs
Who sucks out all he can
He sees the whole world go flip
In a stunt bug style
'Cause he's a parasite
With a cellulite pile
But he can smile
'Cause this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
We're sticky eyes and sticky bones
You get no time on your own
You get a dose and a ghost
You get it coast to coast
Now you dye your hair black
Get Satan tattooed on your back
You pierce yourself with a Coke can
And rub yourself in fake tan
'Cause this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
Movin' on, we're movin' on
It won't be long, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
We're movin' on, we're movin' on
Yeah, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
I met the gourmet man
With aluminum lungs
Who sucks out all he can
He sees the whole world go flip
In a stunt bug style
'Cause he's a parasite
With a cellulite pile
But he can smile
'Cause this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
We're sticky eyes and sticky bones
You get no time on your own
You get a dose and a ghost
You get it coast to coast
Now you dye your hair black
Get Satan tattooed on your back
You pierce yourself with a Coke can
And rub yourself in fake tan
'Cause this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
Movin' on, we're movin' on
It won't be long, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
We're movin' on, we're movin' on
Yeah, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by laurenceg7
Movin' On Lyrics as written by Alexander Rowntree David Alexander James Steven
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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@pumkinhed How\'s that going?