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.
There’s fork in the road
There’s a spoon in the sky
There’s a plum at the door
Someone’s thumbing for a pie.
Come and take a ride with me
The moon is high- So am I
Come and take a ride
And see what lies beyond your kitchen windo
We’re not alone in the galaxy
All the countries, full of crazies,
And they’re pulling down the sun
But my pockets full of posies
Everyone, everyone!
Come and take a ride with me
And we can have fun-flying times
Come and take a ride
And we can mingle with these nursery rhymes
We are not alone
We are not alone in the galaxy
I can see the savagery is locked
In all this gravity
Why be bound to earthly things
When I can skate on Saturn’s rings
Jupiter is waving as I stand
Top a Venetian dune
And sing a sound to ring around
This planetary tune
In the din of my room there’s a tiny little tune
And he’s looking at the sky
For an answer from the spoon
We are not alone (4x)
In the galaxy, in the galaxy
There’s a spoon in the sky
There’s a plum at the door
Someone’s thumbing for a pie.
Come and take a ride with me
The moon is high- So am I
Come and take a ride
And see what lies beyond your kitchen windo
We’re not alone in the galaxy
All the countries, full of crazies,
And they’re pulling down the sun
But my pockets full of posies
Everyone, everyone!
Come and take a ride with me
And we can have fun-flying times
Come and take a ride
And we can mingle with these nursery rhymes
We are not alone
We are not alone in the galaxy
I can see the savagery is locked
In all this gravity
Why be bound to earthly things
When I can skate on Saturn’s rings
Jupiter is waving as I stand
Top a Venetian dune
And sing a sound to ring around
This planetary tune
In the din of my room there’s a tiny little tune
And he’s looking at the sky
For an answer from the spoon
We are not alone (4x)
In the galaxy, in the galaxy
Lyrics submitted by CheapAndEvilGirl
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