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.
Now here I lie in the street
An invitation for you to steal a glance at me
While all the village, it gathers
To watch the vultures devour this decaying matter
Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey)
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
You want to, You want to, You want to, You want to
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
The children fiend for the spoils
Divide what remains before it sinks in the soil
With a gash below the waste
Out it came like milk for everyone to taste
But now it's curdled and sour
Ripe for your stomach to turn in about an hour
Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey)
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
You want to, You want to, You want to, You want to
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
Just for a minute pretend
In this illusion that we were ever friends
Nothing is more expensive
Yet it's been given to you at such a bargain
But now the serum is sour
'Cause I was never here for you to devour
Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey)
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
You want to, You want to, You want to, You want to
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
An invitation for you to steal a glance at me
While all the village, it gathers
To watch the vultures devour this decaying matter
Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey)
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
You want to, You want to, You want to, You want to
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
The children fiend for the spoils
Divide what remains before it sinks in the soil
With a gash below the waste
Out it came like milk for everyone to taste
But now it's curdled and sour
Ripe for your stomach to turn in about an hour
Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey)
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
You want to, You want to, You want to, You want to
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
Just for a minute pretend
In this illusion that we were ever friends
Nothing is more expensive
Yet it's been given to you at such a bargain
But now the serum is sour
'Cause I was never here for you to devour
Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey)
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free
You want to, You want to, You want to, You want to
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy
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well, i kinda got the image of him taking a stab at people that make him out to be the bad guy for something. that or people who just wanna leech off of him, it talks about all the people gathering around his dead body in the street to watch the vultures. then it also talks about disembowelment (at least that's what it sounds like he's talking about... maybe not) and i have no clue what that's all about... this song is confusing