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.
They call to her from across the street
But they don't know her name
She's in the wrong place at the wrong time
Who's to blame
She wonders how to change
The life she's living
She wonders if she'll ever get away
As far as I can see, the writing's on the wall
There's no return, we live, we learn
The game goes on and on and
[ Chorus ]
Que sera
I like you but I don't
Really want to take you home
Que sera
It's a lonely life
Living on my own
Que sera
What's it gonna be, What's it gonna be
She left her home when she was seventeen
Simply disappeared in the rain
Those were bad times so it was high time
She knows she'd do it again
She wonders how
She's going to make a living
She wonders if she'll make it through
The day
As far as I can see, I've seen it all before
A lonely girl in a big bad world
The game goes on and on and
[ Chorus ]
But they don't know her name
She's in the wrong place at the wrong time
Who's to blame
She wonders how to change
The life she's living
She wonders if she'll ever get away
As far as I can see, the writing's on the wall
There's no return, we live, we learn
The game goes on and on and
[ Chorus ]
Que sera
I like you but I don't
Really want to take you home
Que sera
It's a lonely life
Living on my own
Que sera
What's it gonna be, What's it gonna be
She left her home when she was seventeen
Simply disappeared in the rain
Those were bad times so it was high time
She knows she'd do it again
She wonders how
She's going to make a living
She wonders if she'll make it through
The day
As far as I can see, I've seen it all before
A lonely girl in a big bad world
The game goes on and on and
[ Chorus ]
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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