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.
Do you remember when you and I
were left, and nice and we
covered up what little was left of me
and became one in the sand
The car is fading into nothing
the lies are pouring and escaping
I cant breath alone
you know, you know
the better part of me is stolen
whenever you go
we fell fast
lift our faces long at last
with nothing left to show
we get up slow
laying as the more we know
and through so long we'll last
The car is fading into nothing
the lies are pouring and escaping
I cant breath alone
you know, you know
the better part of me is stolen
whenever you go
closer than before
further than ive ever been from anyone
closer than before
further than ive ever been from anyone
cover up, wrap your wrists in gauze
the fill your heart with cause
is the real or not
cover up, wrap your wrists in gauze
fill your heart with cause
is the real or not
The car is fading into nothing
lies are pouring and escaping
I cant breath alone
you know, you know
the better part of me is stolen
whenever you go
were left, and nice and we
covered up what little was left of me
and became one in the sand
The car is fading into nothing
the lies are pouring and escaping
I cant breath alone
you know, you know
the better part of me is stolen
whenever you go
we fell fast
lift our faces long at last
with nothing left to show
we get up slow
laying as the more we know
and through so long we'll last
The car is fading into nothing
the lies are pouring and escaping
I cant breath alone
you know, you know
the better part of me is stolen
whenever you go
closer than before
further than ive ever been from anyone
closer than before
further than ive ever been from anyone
cover up, wrap your wrists in gauze
the fill your heart with cause
is the real or not
cover up, wrap your wrists in gauze
fill your heart with cause
is the real or not
The car is fading into nothing
lies are pouring and escaping
I cant breath alone
you know, you know
the better part of me is stolen
whenever you go
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
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