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.
Don't be afraid because there is no escape
And it won't be long now, won't be long now
They got you thinking what you want to believe
Just to fall with no better way
When you wear the right clothes and sing the right songs
You're tuning in and plugging out
When you drive the right car and you digging the right crowd
Tune in and plug it out
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste but now
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace
I said, first comes the school then comes the job
Wife and two kids and a family car
We're all falling in line and waiting to die
For what?
A plaque on the wall and another numeral
On a corporate statistic of a government chart
You know I don't need no read-out for the beat of my heart
You might as well get a barcode tattooed on your arm 'cause
Convenience has strangled art in every form, yeah
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste but now
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was questions
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste but now
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
And it won't be long now, won't be long now
They got you thinking what you want to believe
Just to fall with no better way
When you wear the right clothes and sing the right songs
You're tuning in and plugging out
When you drive the right car and you digging the right crowd
Tune in and plug it out
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste but now
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace
I said, first comes the school then comes the job
Wife and two kids and a family car
We're all falling in line and waiting to die
For what?
A plaque on the wall and another numeral
On a corporate statistic of a government chart
You know I don't need no read-out for the beat of my heart
You might as well get a barcode tattooed on your arm 'cause
Convenience has strangled art in every form, yeah
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste but now
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was questions
Came looking here for answers
And all you found was
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste
Questions for forgiveness
We're giving ourselves away
Human life replacement
Love is gone to waste but now
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
We're finding out
That we know better
No number
Will ever replace me
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this song is awesome. the rx bandits we're just a cool ska band back in the day to me (heard em on ska sucks) but then i bought their CD progress and holy fuck. its so awesome. jsut blows me away. they are now one of my top 5. this song is great. i LOVE his voice when he goes "no number can EVER replace me" and shit like that. its great. buy progress.
I really suprised that there aren't more comments on this song. Rx Bandits is a truly great band, and this is one of my favorite songs by them. I've been trying to get their music to people I know. I'm really suprised that they aren't more popular. Anyway, kick ass song.
i know, they're an awesome band and this was the first song i heard by them, and i was hooked. yes....great love for rx bandits =)
I totally agree with Zephyr, spread the word. Those Bandits are great! They are my definite favorite ska band. The first song I heard from them was S.A.M, wow. I am totally infatuated with those guys. Matt is like a lyric master, his songs always hit me hard with their meanings. I live in MS, and there is NO ska scene here. I make sure all my friends hear the RxBandits, with it being in my truck or just me playing it at work. Spread the word, those guys are great. Peace out.
I love this song too. I used to play it on repeat for hours.
I love this song, I used to play it on repeat for hours.
I heard this was on a previous album, yet i can't find the older version of the song. I can only find it on The Resignation. This album is pure genius.
this is a really great band, one of the few that actaully writes lyrics about something meaningful like how fucked up society and the government is unlike other bands who usually just whine about girls and not being cool. this is also my favorite song by them they are awesome AND they are good acoustic too
The older version of this song is awesome...it's kind of cleaned up with the guitars and stuff if you know what I mean
The original version of this song was on a Drive Thru comp called "Welcome to the Family" (vol. 3?)