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 taking all you down with me
Explosives duct taped to my spine
Nothing's gonna change my mind
I won't listen to anyone's last words
There's nothing left for you to say
Soon you'll be dead anyway
Well, no one is getting out alive
This time I've really lost my mind and I don't care
So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye
And think about the times you spent and what they've ment
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
I'm losing all my happiness
The happiness you pinned on me
Loneliness still comforts me
My anger dwells inside of me
I'm taking it all out on you
And all the shit you put me through
Well, no one here is getting out alive
This time I've really lost my mind and I don't care
So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye
And think about the times we spent and what they've ment
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
Do you ever think back to another time
Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?
Do you ever want to lead a long trail of destruction
And mow down any bullshit that confronts you
Do you ever build up all the small things in your head
To make one problem that adds up to nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
Explosives duct taped to my spine
Nothing's gonna change my mind
I won't listen to anyone's last words
There's nothing left for you to say
Soon you'll be dead anyway
Well, no one is getting out alive
This time I've really lost my mind and I don't care
So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye
And think about the times you spent and what they've ment
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
I'm losing all my happiness
The happiness you pinned on me
Loneliness still comforts me
My anger dwells inside of me
I'm taking it all out on you
And all the shit you put me through
Well, no one here is getting out alive
This time I've really lost my mind and I don't care
So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye
And think about the times we spent and what they've ment
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
Do you ever think back to another time
Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?
Do you ever want to lead a long trail of destruction
And mow down any bullshit that confronts you
Do you ever build up all the small things in your head
To make one problem that adds up to nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
To me it's nothing
Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by Mellow_Harsher, danff, UrGaelol67
Having a Blast Lyrics as written by Frank E. Iii Wright Billie Joe Armstrong
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I really like this song but I don't think the lyrics are as literal as people are saying. I think the suicide bomber thing is more a metaphor for taking people down with him.
It doesn't really explain the reasons for the situation but I can imagine that he has been betrayed by a group of friends and is now in trouble because of it, so he's basically saying "well im in trouble now but i'll take you lot down with me, all the good times we had mean nothing now".
But I dont think its actually got anything to do with hime feeling suicidal.