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.
You told me that you want to die
I said I've been there myself more than a few times
And I go back every once in a while
You called me lucky, you.. you called me lucky.
You said tonight is a wonderful night to die
I asked you how you could tell you told me to look at the sky
Look at all those stars,
Look at how goddamn ugly the stars are.
It's one or another
Between a rope and a bottle
I can tell you're having trouble breathing
Cuz you'll never be OK
You'll never be OK
(You'll always be in pain)
You'll always feel this way
Cuz things they never work out right
(the wrong way the lonely way)
You'll always be in pain
You told me that the daylight burned you
and that the sunrise was enough to kill you
I said maybe you're a vampire
You said it's quite possible I feel truly dead inside.
Cuz you'll never be OK
You'll never be OK
(You'll always be in pain)
You'll always feel this way
Cuz things they never work out right
(the wrong way the lonely way)
You'll always be in pain
Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out.
Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out.
Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out.
I said I've been there myself more than a few times
And I go back every once in a while
You called me lucky, you.. you called me lucky.
You said tonight is a wonderful night to die
I asked you how you could tell you told me to look at the sky
Look at all those stars,
Look at how goddamn ugly the stars are.
It's one or another
Between a rope and a bottle
I can tell you're having trouble breathing
Cuz you'll never be OK
You'll never be OK
(You'll always be in pain)
You'll always feel this way
Cuz things they never work out right
(the wrong way the lonely way)
You'll always be in pain
You told me that the daylight burned you
and that the sunrise was enough to kill you
I said maybe you're a vampire
You said it's quite possible I feel truly dead inside.
Cuz you'll never be OK
You'll never be OK
(You'll always be in pain)
You'll always feel this way
Cuz things they never work out right
(the wrong way the lonely way)
You'll always be in pain
Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out.
Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out.
Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out.
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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