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 sick of going home alone,
So no I wont leave you alone
I'm not the kind of
man who will understand
you or your wishes
Unless you make them, clear to me
I don't see why, you wont tell me too
It's so easy for you to keep it
Quiet when you tell everyone but me
I don't claim or pretend to be perfect
I don't think I can let it go this time
Why wont you treat me fairly too
I'll listen no matter what it will do
To me and my weak self esteem
Laying with you, it felt like A dream
I can't hold it steady, the triggers letting loose
I'm falling, I can not be recluse
Hold me please don't let me go
You've had me, you've had more for so long
I can't hold on to you or anything
that won't slow, that wont slow me down.
So no I wont leave you alone
I'm not the kind of
man who will understand
you or your wishes
Unless you make them, clear to me
I don't see why, you wont tell me too
It's so easy for you to keep it
Quiet when you tell everyone but me
I don't claim or pretend to be perfect
I don't think I can let it go this time
Why wont you treat me fairly too
I'll listen no matter what it will do
To me and my weak self esteem
Laying with you, it felt like A dream
I can't hold it steady, the triggers letting loose
I'm falling, I can not be recluse
Hold me please don't let me go
You've had me, you've had more for so long
I can't hold on to you or anything
that won't slow, that wont slow me down.
Lyrics submitted by powerbait
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