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.
Cmon in, yeah welcome to my life
I get up in the morning
grab a cup of coffee
check out and pack my car
kick it in 5th gear
75 won't get ya caught here
we're pulling in to one more city
where, hey, from the looks of it
all the girls are pretty
so i promise to grab my soul
and leave my ego at the door
I'm gonna open up my eyes
so, cmon sing along if ya wanna
cry if ya hafta
lean back into your lover's arms
grab the hand of the person
standing right next to you
show them we are not afraid of who we are
nobody is afraid of who we are here
Yeah, see I have 4 bags, 2 guitars, my friend Jen
who helps me remember that its the fans who got me where I am
so if I close out a show and I m still 40 dollars in the hole
ya know, I just put the room on plastic
and sleep another night on an unfamiliar mattress
and wonder where you are.
I wonder where you are
so im gonna grab my soul
and leave my ego at the door
I'm gonna open up my eyes
so, cmon sing along if ya wanna
cry if ya hafta
lean back into your lover's arms
grab the hand of the person
standing right next to you
show them we are not afraid of who we are
cmon in, yeah welcome to my life
i get up in morning grab a cup of coffee
check out and pack my car
i wonder where you are, yeah where you are
am i gonna meet you in Boise, Boston, in Chicago or new Orleans
in phoenix, Miami, in Atlanta or Des Moines
am i gonna meet you in Cleveland, in Charleston
chapel hill or Detroit,
in Austin, Portland, in Arlington or Brooklyn
in Hartford, Philly or New York City
welcome to my life
I get up in the morning
grab a cup of coffee
check out and pack my car
kick it in 5th gear
75 won't get ya caught here
we're pulling in to one more city
where, hey, from the looks of it
all the girls are pretty
so i promise to grab my soul
and leave my ego at the door
I'm gonna open up my eyes
so, cmon sing along if ya wanna
cry if ya hafta
lean back into your lover's arms
grab the hand of the person
standing right next to you
show them we are not afraid of who we are
nobody is afraid of who we are here
Yeah, see I have 4 bags, 2 guitars, my friend Jen
who helps me remember that its the fans who got me where I am
so if I close out a show and I m still 40 dollars in the hole
ya know, I just put the room on plastic
and sleep another night on an unfamiliar mattress
and wonder where you are.
I wonder where you are
so im gonna grab my soul
and leave my ego at the door
I'm gonna open up my eyes
so, cmon sing along if ya wanna
cry if ya hafta
lean back into your lover's arms
grab the hand of the person
standing right next to you
show them we are not afraid of who we are
cmon in, yeah welcome to my life
i get up in morning grab a cup of coffee
check out and pack my car
i wonder where you are, yeah where you are
am i gonna meet you in Boise, Boston, in Chicago or new Orleans
in phoenix, Miami, in Atlanta or Des Moines
am i gonna meet you in Cleveland, in Charleston
chapel hill or Detroit,
in Austin, Portland, in Arlington or Brooklyn
in Hartford, Philly or New York City
welcome to my life
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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Y would u label bands lyk that? Ppl shouldn't lyk bands cos they're not punk or they don't fit the freakin crowd. Labeling is so cliche. All bands r different and the only thing that matters is that they write this song for ordinary ppl and how it impacts them. It doesn't have to have the punkiest catchy lyrics to be able to be lyked. They just had to be who they are whether you lyk it or not