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'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you
And no I can't find no reason
To explain the way that I feel
I remember things being clearer
At one time things were more real
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you
I'm not lookin' for sympathy
I'm just frightened by this apathy
Like footsteps way in back of me
On a narrow street of stone
And if time will answer all questions
Then perhaps a film will be shown
Everyone could mail-order tickets
Yeah, you could sell a lot of shirts
For the last picture show
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed you p about you
All mixed up about you
And no I can't find no reason
To explain the way that I feel
I remember things being clearer
At one time things were more real
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you
I'm not lookin' for sympathy
I'm just frightened by this apathy
Like footsteps way in back of me
On a narrow street of stone
And if time will answer all questions
Then perhaps a film will be shown
Everyone could mail-order tickets
Yeah, you could sell a lot of shirts
For the last picture show
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed you p about you
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Well oofus missed two lines of the chorus:
"It's having an affect on me...pulling and directing me...Don't know what I'm gonna do."