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.
Y a tant de murs qui te retiennent
Trop d'inaccessibles échelles
Dans tes rêves et dans tes mots
Tu as choisi l'envers à la peine
Ailleurs ou d'autres arcs-en-ciel
Tracent des mondes plus beaux
Cherche encore
Tant que brûlera ta flamme
Le paradis qui dort
Dans les secrets de ton âme
Cherche encore
Suis ta lumière et tes lois
Si tu peux, cherche encore plus fort
Et si jamais tu te perds
Je serai là
Je serai là
Je veux rester dans ton histoire
Une petite porte ouverte
Dans le couloir où tu fuis
Derrière les barreaux de ta mémoire
Même où la raison déserte
Je t'entendrai sans un cri
Va plus loin, cherche encore
Tant que brûlera ta flamme
Le paradis qui dort
Dans les secrets de ton âme
Cherche encore
Suis ta lumière et ta foi
Si tu peux, cherche encore plus fort
Et si jamais tu te perds
Je serai là
Cherche encore (et le temps, les gens continuent d'avancer)
(Si tu tombes avant, je saurai te porter) je serai là
(Et les vents, les ans, continuent de tourner) cherche encore, cherche encore
(Si l'oubli t'attend, moi aussi j'attendrai) je serai là
(Et le temps, les gens continuent d'avancer)
(Si tu tombes avant, je saurai te porter)
(Et les vents, les ans, continuent de tourner)
(Si l'oubli t'attend, moi aussi j'attendrai)
(Et le temps, les gens continuent d'avancer)
(Si tu tombes avant, je saurai te porter) cherche encore
(Et les vents, les ans, continuent de tourner)
(Si l'oubli t'attend, moi aussi j'attendrai) cherche encore, cherche encore
Trop d'inaccessibles échelles
Dans tes rêves et dans tes mots
Tu as choisi l'envers à la peine
Ailleurs ou d'autres arcs-en-ciel
Tracent des mondes plus beaux
Cherche encore
Tant que brûlera ta flamme
Le paradis qui dort
Dans les secrets de ton âme
Cherche encore
Suis ta lumière et tes lois
Si tu peux, cherche encore plus fort
Et si jamais tu te perds
Je serai là
Je serai là
Je veux rester dans ton histoire
Une petite porte ouverte
Dans le couloir où tu fuis
Derrière les barreaux de ta mémoire
Même où la raison déserte
Je t'entendrai sans un cri
Va plus loin, cherche encore
Tant que brûlera ta flamme
Le paradis qui dort
Dans les secrets de ton âme
Cherche encore
Suis ta lumière et ta foi
Si tu peux, cherche encore plus fort
Et si jamais tu te perds
Je serai là
Cherche encore (et le temps, les gens continuent d'avancer)
(Si tu tombes avant, je saurai te porter) je serai là
(Et les vents, les ans, continuent de tourner) cherche encore, cherche encore
(Si l'oubli t'attend, moi aussi j'attendrai) je serai là
(Et le temps, les gens continuent d'avancer)
(Si tu tombes avant, je saurai te porter)
(Et les vents, les ans, continuent de tourner)
(Si l'oubli t'attend, moi aussi j'attendrai)
(Et le temps, les gens continuent d'avancer)
(Si tu tombes avant, je saurai te porter) cherche encore
(Et les vents, les ans, continuent de tourner)
(Si l'oubli t'attend, moi aussi j'attendrai) cherche encore, cherche encore
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