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.
Painted skies and shining stars
Reminds us of the hours we spent at the
Dining room table drawing pictures of nothing important
Everything we loved
And even though our fingers got sore and our eyes began to ache
We would never stop
We would never stop
It's these things created by tiny hands
That were hung on walls and wrapped as gifts (that)
Acted as the words we never said but wish we had before you left
It's too late to tell you that I care and I'm wishing you were here
And I think it would be better if you had never left at all
This place is not the same without the smile on your face
And if you were here then I would take you everywhere
Reminds us of the hours we spent at the
Dining room table drawing pictures of nothing important
Everything we loved
And even though our fingers got sore and our eyes began to ache
We would never stop
We would never stop
It's these things created by tiny hands
That were hung on walls and wrapped as gifts (that)
Acted as the words we never said but wish we had before you left
It's too late to tell you that I care and I'm wishing you were here
And I think it would be better if you had never left at all
This place is not the same without the smile on your face
And if you were here then I would take you everywhere
Lyrics submitted by PLANES, edited by thisiswater, CloudEater
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