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 remember when I first met you
It was like I knew you from another life
How could I forget your look of longing (and)
How I yearned to go where you had been
How I long to know all your secrets
The silence in your words have said so much
Heaven is a place
That always follows you around
Something radiates
From the peace that you have found
I've seen it in your face
It's like you know another world
It's like you don't belong
To the human race
Angels come and go through the ages
Who am I to say, what do I know?
I just let your eyes do the talking
I just let the magic steal the show
I don't mind at all
To have my guard down
I've surrendered to
My loss of power
Heaven is a place
That always follows you around
Something radiates
From the peace that you have found
I've seen it in your face
It's like you know another world
It's like you don't belong
To the human race
Heaven is a place
Heaven is a place
Heaven is a place
That always follows you around
Something radiates
From the peace that you have found
I've seen it in your face
It's like you know another world
It's like you don't belong
To the human race
Heaven is a place
It was like I knew you from another life
How could I forget your look of longing (and)
How I yearned to go where you had been
How I long to know all your secrets
The silence in your words have said so much
Heaven is a place
That always follows you around
Something radiates
From the peace that you have found
I've seen it in your face
It's like you know another world
It's like you don't belong
To the human race
Angels come and go through the ages
Who am I to say, what do I know?
I just let your eyes do the talking
I just let the magic steal the show
I don't mind at all
To have my guard down
I've surrendered to
My loss of power
Heaven is a place
That always follows you around
Something radiates
From the peace that you have found
I've seen it in your face
It's like you know another world
It's like you don't belong
To the human race
Heaven is a place
Heaven is a place
Heaven is a place
That always follows you around
Something radiates
From the peace that you have found
I've seen it in your face
It's like you know another world
It's like you don't belong
To the human race
Heaven is a place
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I think that about hits the nail on the head. The music is absolutely haunting.