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.
By now you should find your mouth
By now you should call me
We can work it out
By now you should be in a better place
And thinking for your self
It's not your axe to grind
I fallow it until the end of concession
"a falling out" I heard from them
There's no discretion
I'm burning out on this
And this is my latest confession
I hope you hear about it
Victims I know the saints come to call
And bring you obsession
To save you from your fall
Victim I know it wont be long
'Til one worth possessing
Is one you'll never reach
Swallow it until the end
Of our concession
I'm sure I'll hear from you
Through them
There's no discretion
I'm burning out on this
And this is my latest confession
I doubt you'll hear about it
I fallow it until the end of concession
"A falling out" I heard from them
There's no discretion
It's only indecision
This is your latest condition
I hope you hear about it soon
By now you should call me
We can work it out
By now you should be in a better place
And thinking for your self
It's not your axe to grind
I fallow it until the end of concession
"a falling out" I heard from them
There's no discretion
I'm burning out on this
And this is my latest confession
I hope you hear about it
Victims I know the saints come to call
And bring you obsession
To save you from your fall
Victim I know it wont be long
'Til one worth possessing
Is one you'll never reach
Swallow it until the end
Of our concession
I'm sure I'll hear from you
Through them
There's no discretion
I'm burning out on this
And this is my latest confession
I doubt you'll hear about it
I fallow it until the end of concession
"A falling out" I heard from them
There's no discretion
It's only indecision
This is your latest condition
I hope you hear about it soon
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Confession Lyrics as written by Melvin Jackson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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my heart feels all warm and fuzzzzzy when i hear this song, lmao
any1 else think the intro guitar chords kinda sound like the one from rust except it doesn't fade in?