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, I just died in your arms tonight
It must have been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died...
I keep lookin' for somethin' I can't get
Broken hearts lie all around me
And I don't see an easy way to get rid of this
The diary it sits on the bedside table
The curtains closed, the cats in the cradle
Who would've thought that a boy like me
Would come to this...uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
Is there any just cause for feeling like this?
On the surface I'm a name on a list
I try to be discreet, but then blow it again
I've lost and found, my final mistake
She loving me, no give and no take
'cos I've been thrilled to fantasy one too many times
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
The diary it sits on the bedside table
The curtains closed, the cats in the cradle
Who would've thought that a boy like me
Would come to this...uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died....
It must have been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died...
I keep lookin' for somethin' I can't get
Broken hearts lie all around me
And I don't see an easy way to get rid of this
The diary it sits on the bedside table
The curtains closed, the cats in the cradle
Who would've thought that a boy like me
Would come to this...uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
Is there any just cause for feeling like this?
On the surface I'm a name on a list
I try to be discreet, but then blow it again
I've lost and found, my final mistake
She loving me, no give and no take
'cos I've been thrilled to fantasy one too many times
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
The diary it sits on the bedside table
The curtains closed, the cats in the cradle
Who would've thought that a boy like me
Would come to this...uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been somethin' you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died uh uh uh
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died
I, I just died in your arms tonight
I just died in your arms tonight
I just died....
Lyrics submitted by EmEraLdSkYez
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