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 couldn't help turning on.
But I never tuned in
Now I want to drop out
You'll swallow any little pill
Taking everything in
Sucking every nerve out
And your alternative station
Is such a bankrupt vibration
Counting on the confusion
Of an alternative nation
All the terminal patients
Demand a strong medication
Getting on with the big show
We celebrate what you don't know
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
I know the name of the game
Any rock 'n' roll star is a pitiful shame
I can't decide where to run
Tell me what have I done
Tell me what have I done
Tell me what have I done
And your alternative station
Is such a bankrupt vibration
Counting on the confusion
Of an alternative nation
All the terminal patients
Demand a strong medication
Getting on with the big show
We celebrate what you don't know
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
But I never tuned in
Now I want to drop out
You'll swallow any little pill
Taking everything in
Sucking every nerve out
And your alternative station
Is such a bankrupt vibration
Counting on the confusion
Of an alternative nation
All the terminal patients
Demand a strong medication
Getting on with the big show
We celebrate what you don't know
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
I know the name of the game
Any rock 'n' roll star is a pitiful shame
I can't decide where to run
Tell me what have I done
Tell me what have I done
Tell me what have I done
And your alternative station
Is such a bankrupt vibration
Counting on the confusion
Of an alternative nation
All the terminal patients
Demand a strong medication
Getting on with the big show
We celebrate what you don't know
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
Jumping out of the window
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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