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.
Sometimes you feel
Like you've been left behind
Sometimes the light
Can be so hard to find
Then someone tells you you're not strong enough
Then someone tells you you're not good enough
Don't believe a word they say
Everything will be OK
Let me take you to a Milky Way
We'll ride a star
Til the night becomes the day
Believing news
Are thinking what's hard inside
Don't ever feel the need to
Run and hide
(Don't run and hide)
Then someone tells you you're not strong enough
(Strong enough)
Then someone tells you you're not good enough
(Good Enough)
Don't believe a word they say
Everything will be OK
Let me take you to a Milky Way
We'll ride a star
Til the light becomes the day
Don't be afraid to fly
Rise up and touch the sky
Just like a butterfly
Think of a lullaby
Dry all the tears you've cried
The tears you've cried
Don't believe a word they say
Let me take you to a Milky Way
(We'll ride a star)
Til the night becomes the day
Like the flowers in early May (like the flowers)
In the sunshine we will play (Yeah Yeah Yeah)
With you is where I'll stay
We'll take you heart
Til the night becomes the day
Don't be afraid to fly
Rise up and touch the sky
Just like a butterfly (Just like a butterfly baby)
Think of a lullaby
Dry all the tears you've cried (Cried)
Til the night becomes the day
Don't believe a word they say
No No No No No
Let me take you to a Milky Way
We'll ride a star
Til the night becomes the day
Like you've been left behind
Sometimes the light
Can be so hard to find
Then someone tells you you're not strong enough
Then someone tells you you're not good enough
Don't believe a word they say
Everything will be OK
Let me take you to a Milky Way
We'll ride a star
Til the night becomes the day
Believing news
Are thinking what's hard inside
Don't ever feel the need to
Run and hide
(Don't run and hide)
Then someone tells you you're not strong enough
(Strong enough)
Then someone tells you you're not good enough
(Good Enough)
Don't believe a word they say
Everything will be OK
Let me take you to a Milky Way
We'll ride a star
Til the light becomes the day
Don't be afraid to fly
Rise up and touch the sky
Just like a butterfly
Think of a lullaby
Dry all the tears you've cried
The tears you've cried
Don't believe a word they say
Let me take you to a Milky Way
(We'll ride a star)
Til the night becomes the day
Like the flowers in early May (like the flowers)
In the sunshine we will play (Yeah Yeah Yeah)
With you is where I'll stay
We'll take you heart
Til the night becomes the day
Don't be afraid to fly
Rise up and touch the sky
Just like a butterfly (Just like a butterfly baby)
Think of a lullaby
Dry all the tears you've cried (Cried)
Til the night becomes the day
Don't believe a word they say
No No No No No
Let me take you to a Milky Way
We'll ride a star
Til the night becomes the day
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