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.
Here's the face of trouble
It's the face I wear
And it may invite you in
But I won't go there
Here's a working model
That generates despair
And this baby cranks it out
And it will take you out
And I won't care
It's a beauty
It's the mark of someone
Who's beyond repair
He'll refuse to help yourself
Thinking only of himself
Well, it's your job now
There's a conversation
We're about to have
And it's full of twists and turns
From one who never learns
And I never learn
Here's the face of trouble
It's the face I wear
And it may invite you in
But I won't go there
Here's a working model
That generates despair
And this baby cranks it out
And it will take you out
And I won't care
It's a beauty
It's the mark of someone
Who's beyond repair
He'll refuse to help yourself
Thinking only of himself
Well, it's your job now
There's a conversation
We're about to have
And it's full of twists and turns
From one who never learns
And I never learn
Here's the face of trouble
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