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'm not ashamed of the things that I dream
I find myself flirting with the verge of obscene
Into the unknown, I will be bold
I'm going to places I can be out of control
And I don't want to explain tonight
All the things I've tried to hide
I shut myself out from the world so I
Can draw the blinds and I'll teach myself to fly
I love myself
It's not a sin
I can't control what's happenin'
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
From the small of my back and the arch of my feet
Lately I've been noticin' the beautiful me
I'm all in my skin and I'm not gonna wait
I'm into myself in the most precious way
And I don't want to explain tonight
All the things I've tried to hide
I shut myself out from the world so I
Can draw the blinds and I'll teach myself to fly
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
There's a world undefined
And my body is mine
I won't be left behind
I'm already here
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
I find myself flirting with the verge of obscene
Into the unknown, I will be bold
I'm going to places I can be out of control
And I don't want to explain tonight
All the things I've tried to hide
I shut myself out from the world so I
Can draw the blinds and I'll teach myself to fly
I love myself
It's not a sin
I can't control what's happenin'
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
From the small of my back and the arch of my feet
Lately I've been noticin' the beautiful me
I'm all in my skin and I'm not gonna wait
I'm into myself in the most precious way
And I don't want to explain tonight
All the things I've tried to hide
I shut myself out from the world so I
Can draw the blinds and I'll teach myself to fly
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
There's a world undefined
And my body is mine
I won't be left behind
I'm already here
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
'Cause I just discovered
Imagination's taking over
Another day without a lover
The more I come to understand
The touch of my hand
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