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.
So far from me stands a man known as disease
He's shaking all the hands
Of the people that he meets
And now you just don't see me anymore
Now I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye
Since you left she's a mess
She regrets all the things
That she could have said but
We fall asleep, never think about anything
We wake to the sound of a phone
As it hits the ground and oh
You just don't see me anymore
Now I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye
And oh at the wake, at the wake
I will turn to see a face
Just a face, just a face
That's surrounded by a name
What a name, what a name
And you never want to change
What you gave, what you gave
Never want to let go
So surround me
I need anything and you you're everything
I want to live like I did before all this hit
To sleep in your arms to think
We'll never fall apart and oh
You know it's, you know it's such a drag
To live your life for a heart attack
To never get a second chance to say goodbye
To say goodbye I'll never get to try
You just don't see me anymore
Oh I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye
He's shaking all the hands
Of the people that he meets
And now you just don't see me anymore
Now I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye
Since you left she's a mess
She regrets all the things
That she could have said but
We fall asleep, never think about anything
We wake to the sound of a phone
As it hits the ground and oh
You just don't see me anymore
Now I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye
And oh at the wake, at the wake
I will turn to see a face
Just a face, just a face
That's surrounded by a name
What a name, what a name
And you never want to change
What you gave, what you gave
Never want to let go
So surround me
I need anything and you you're everything
I want to live like I did before all this hit
To sleep in your arms to think
We'll never fall apart and oh
You know it's, you know it's such a drag
To live your life for a heart attack
To never get a second chance to say goodbye
To say goodbye I'll never get to try
You just don't see me anymore
Oh I've been losing everything
You just don't see me anymore
I'll say goodbye
Lyrics submitted by Staywhatyouare, edited by Paperflowers12
At the Wake Lyrics as written by Nathaniel Thomas Wilson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I think it's about someone's father dying. Hence the term "wake". Also, a girlfriend is lost.
"so far from me stands a man known as disease. he's shaking all the hands of the people that he meets"
"since you left she's a mess. she regrets all the things that she could have said but... we fall asleep, never think about anything. we wake to the sound of a phone as it hits the ground"
"and oh at the wake, at the wake, i will turn to see a face. just a face, just a face, so surrounded by a name. what a name, what a name, and you never want to change. what you gave, what you gave, never want to let go"
"i want to live like i did before all this hit. to sleep in your arms, to think, we'll never fall apart"
"know its such a drag to live your life for a heart attack. to never get a second chance to say goodbye, so say goodbye ill never get to try"
"now ive been losing everything. you just dont see me anymore. ill say goodbye"
Okay, yeah. Just wanted to put my own two-cent analysis in.
btw, I love this song to bits.
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