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.
So wake up sleepy one
It's time to save your world
Steal dreams and give to you
Shop lift a thought or two
All children touch the sun
Burn fingers one by one
By one
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
So wake up sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
Big eyes to open too
Believing now under sun and moon
But does heaven know you're here?
And did they give you smiles or tears?
No, no tears
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
So wake up sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
You swing your rattle down (hand puppets storm the beach
(Fire trucks trapped out of reach, hand puppets storm the beach)
Call to arms, a trumpet's sound (fire trucks trapped out of reach all clowns reinforce the rear)
(Slingshots fire into the air)
Toy horses start the charge (all clowns reinforce the rear slingshots fire into the air)
Stuffed bears hold the hill till death crossfire from the marionettes)
Robots, chessmen standing guard (stuffed bears hold the hill till death crossfire from the marionettes)
We shall never surrender
All you children touch the sun
Burn your fingers one by one
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
So wake up sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
Off to war off to war
So close your little eyes
It's time to save your world
Steal dreams and give to you
Shop lift a thought or two
All children touch the sun
Burn fingers one by one
By one
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
So wake up sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
Big eyes to open too
Believing now under sun and moon
But does heaven know you're here?
And did they give you smiles or tears?
No, no tears
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
So wake up sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
You swing your rattle down (hand puppets storm the beach
(Fire trucks trapped out of reach, hand puppets storm the beach)
Call to arms, a trumpet's sound (fire trucks trapped out of reach all clowns reinforce the rear)
(Slingshots fire into the air)
Toy horses start the charge (all clowns reinforce the rear slingshots fire into the air)
Stuffed bears hold the hill till death crossfire from the marionettes)
Robots, chessmen standing guard (stuffed bears hold the hill till death crossfire from the marionettes)
We shall never surrender
All you children touch the sun
Burn your fingers one by one
Will this earth be good to you?
Keep you clean or stain through?
So wake up sleepy one
It's time to save your world
You're where the wild things are yeah
Toy soldiers off to war
Off to war off to war
So close your little eyes
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