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.
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
Flowing into the night
People so busy, make me feel dizzy
Taxi lights shine so bright
But I don't need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
The chilly-chilliest evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station, every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander, I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
The chilly-chilliest evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Millions of people swarming like flies around
Waterloo underground
Terry and Julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And they don't need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset
They are in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
The chilly-chilliest evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Flowing into the night
People so busy, make me feel dizzy
Taxi lights shine so bright
But I don't need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
The chilly-chilliest evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station, every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander, I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
The chilly-chilliest evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Millions of people swarming like flies around
Waterloo underground
Terry and Julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And they don't need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset
They are in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
The chilly-chilliest evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Lyrics submitted by PLANES, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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