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 don't want to see you go,
I don't even want to be there
I will cover up my eyes
And pray it goes away
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming,
Please stop screaming
I don't like to hear you cry
You just don't know
How deep that cuts me
So I will cover up my eyes
And it will go away
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming,
Please stop screaming
Steven
I hear my name (Steven)
Is someone calling me?
I hear my name (Steven)
That icy breath,
It whispers screams of pain
I don't want to feel you die,
But if that's the way
That God has planned you,
I'll put pennies on your eyes
And it will go away, see?
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming,
Please stop screaming
(Steven) (Is someone calling me? No)
(Steven)
(I think I hear a voice,
It's outside the door)
(Steven) I hear my name
(Steven) (Is someone calling me?
I hear my name)
(Steven) (What do you want?)
(Steven) (What do you want?)
(What do you want?) (Steven)
(I hear my name)
I don't even want to be there
I will cover up my eyes
And pray it goes away
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming,
Please stop screaming
I don't like to hear you cry
You just don't know
How deep that cuts me
So I will cover up my eyes
And it will go away
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming,
Please stop screaming
Steven
I hear my name (Steven)
Is someone calling me?
I hear my name (Steven)
That icy breath,
It whispers screams of pain
I don't want to feel you die,
But if that's the way
That God has planned you,
I'll put pennies on your eyes
And it will go away, see?
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming,
Please stop screaming
(Steven) (Is someone calling me? No)
(Steven)
(I think I hear a voice,
It's outside the door)
(Steven) I hear my name
(Steven) (Is someone calling me?
I hear my name)
(Steven) (What do you want?)
(Steven) (What do you want?)
(What do you want?) (Steven)
(I hear my name)
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