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 had a friend who spoke of fate
And he knew of another place in space and time
He told of how me and my lady
Could look but we would never find
Said if you please I beg your pardon
Sometimes the things you see they just ain't so
Your life can be an avant garden
Cause love's what makes your garden grow
The sun leads the way
The moon lights the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
I dream of the day when our world's collide
We won't be denied
Here inside our avant garden
Sometimes my life ain't what it's seemin'
Right from the start it's what your heart's believin'
Could all this just be lucid dreamin'
But dreams just ain't enough for me
The sun leads the way
The moon lights the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
I dream of the day when our world's collide
We won't be denied
Here inside our avant garden
You know it just ain't right
To deal with other's shite
No one should ever be so broken hearted
Don't never be afraid
Cause when you got it made
Yeah you don't even have to try
So I'll be waiting in your garden
Ffff...watching all your flowers grow
The sun leads the way
The moon lights the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
I dream of the day when our world's collide
You'll know we've arrived
Here inside our avant garden...yeah yeah
The sun brings the rain
The moon needs the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
Beware of the lies
A word to the wise
There's sweet cherry pies
And truth inside our avant garden...ooh ah yea
Do it do it
Do it do it...
You can spend your whole lifetime
Under my skin
You can be never more mine
Under my skin
And he knew of another place in space and time
He told of how me and my lady
Could look but we would never find
Said if you please I beg your pardon
Sometimes the things you see they just ain't so
Your life can be an avant garden
Cause love's what makes your garden grow
The sun leads the way
The moon lights the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
I dream of the day when our world's collide
We won't be denied
Here inside our avant garden
Sometimes my life ain't what it's seemin'
Right from the start it's what your heart's believin'
Could all this just be lucid dreamin'
But dreams just ain't enough for me
The sun leads the way
The moon lights the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
I dream of the day when our world's collide
We won't be denied
Here inside our avant garden
You know it just ain't right
To deal with other's shite
No one should ever be so broken hearted
Don't never be afraid
Cause when you got it made
Yeah you don't even have to try
So I'll be waiting in your garden
Ffff...watching all your flowers grow
The sun leads the way
The moon lights the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
I dream of the day when our world's collide
You'll know we've arrived
Here inside our avant garden...yeah yeah
The sun brings the rain
The moon needs the sky
I see you and I
Lying in my avant garden
Beware of the lies
A word to the wise
There's sweet cherry pies
And truth inside our avant garden...ooh ah yea
Do it do it
Do it do it...
You can spend your whole lifetime
Under my skin
You can be never more mine
Under my skin
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He says goodnight to his kids Ty and Chelsea
ah i love this song ever since i first heard it! im not sure hwat it means, but i know i love it, and i always will
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This is such a great visual for the song! Really makes it come alive. It's one of my favourites :) youtube.com/watch
I'm just gonna stab at this. Knowing what I know of Steven's inner battles with relationships, sex, love, friendship and his own demons, I think this is a song about what he believes could be, but has not achieved. he seen it happen around him with his very best friends. his brothers, and he cannot seem to achieve it.