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.
Watching the days slip by so fast
Knowing our fate has long been cast
Working our fingers to the bone
'Cause nobody loves you when you're gone, gone, gone, gone
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where all of my love comes pouring out
You know you'll always be my man
But grab yourself sweetness where you can
'Cause sooner or later we're gonna die
Left to the dogs under the sky
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where waves of my love come tumbling out
You say that all the good is gone
That I have forgotten who I am
Free as a bird
Wild as the wind
But somehow I cannot let you in
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Leaving me for someone real)
(For someone real)
(For someone real)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
Knowing our fate has long been cast
Working our fingers to the bone
'Cause nobody loves you when you're gone, gone, gone, gone
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where all of my love comes pouring out
You know you'll always be my man
But grab yourself sweetness where you can
'Cause sooner or later we're gonna die
Left to the dogs under the sky
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where waves of my love come tumbling out
You say that all the good is gone
That I have forgotten who I am
Free as a bird
Wild as the wind
But somehow I cannot let you in
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Leaving me for someone real)
(For someone real)
(For someone real)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
Lyrics submitted by Metal6Hell6Maker6, edited by ShhImMivi, s0ngfly
Nobody Loves You Lyrics as written by Shirley Ann Manson Douglas Elwin Erickson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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