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.
when I heard the knock on the door
I couldn't catch my breath
is it too late to call this off?
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
I tried my best to hide in the crowded room
it's nearly possible
I wait for you, oh, most patiently
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
so I looked for your eyes and the waves looked like
they'd pour right out of them
I'll try hard, I'll try always
but it's a waste of time
it's a waste of time if I can't smile easily
like in the beginning
in the beginning
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
I couldn't catch my breath
is it too late to call this off?
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
I tried my best to hide in the crowded room
it's nearly possible
I wait for you, oh, most patiently
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
so I looked for your eyes and the waves looked like
they'd pour right out of them
I'll try hard, I'll try always
but it's a waste of time
it's a waste of time if I can't smile easily
like in the beginning
in the beginning
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
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I'd like to think the narrator/guy wants to call off the fact that they are breaking up.
Lets just run away from it all. Simple & what I'd like to think.
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