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 sold your Rolex
To buy the gold Versace dress
I set free your whiny French poodle
So you can get your beauty rest
Chorus:
And I did it all for you
I did it all (I did it all) for you
This Christmas (This Christmas)
All your dreams (All your dreams)
Will come true
I put your mother on a Grayhound (You did what?)
You'd always hoped she'd see the world
- now she can
I torched your Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues
(No, no, no, no)
So I could be your only girl - and now I am
And I did it all for you
I did it all (I did it all) for you
This Christmas (This Christmas)
All your dreams (All your dreams)
Will come true
Bridge:
How can I forget
All you've done for me, I'll get you yet
This is the season to give
But I can never forgive the damage you've done
(Damage that you've done)
This must be love
I sank your bass boat (Not my bass boat, no, no, no)
So you'd have more time to spend with me
I hocked your grandma's diamond earrings
For the down payment on my SUV
(Fully loaded, heated seats, in hunter green - Is this for me?)
And I did it all for you
I did it all (I did it all) for you
This Christmas (This Christmas)
All your dreams (All your dreams)
Will come true
To buy the gold Versace dress
I set free your whiny French poodle
So you can get your beauty rest
Chorus:
And I did it all for you
I did it all (I did it all) for you
This Christmas (This Christmas)
All your dreams (All your dreams)
Will come true
I put your mother on a Grayhound (You did what?)
You'd always hoped she'd see the world
- now she can
I torched your Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues
(No, no, no, no)
So I could be your only girl - and now I am
And I did it all for you
I did it all (I did it all) for you
This Christmas (This Christmas)
All your dreams (All your dreams)
Will come true
Bridge:
How can I forget
All you've done for me, I'll get you yet
This is the season to give
But I can never forgive the damage you've done
(Damage that you've done)
This must be love
I sank your bass boat (Not my bass boat, no, no, no)
So you'd have more time to spend with me
I hocked your grandma's diamond earrings
For the down payment on my SUV
(Fully loaded, heated seats, in hunter green - Is this for me?)
And I did it all for you
I did it all (I did it all) for you
This Christmas (This Christmas)
All your dreams (All your dreams)
Will come true
Lyrics submitted by manyamore
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