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.
Oh
Whenever I step outside
Somebody claims to see the light
It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience
'Cause everyone thinks they're right
And nobody thinks that there just might
Be more than one road to our final destination
But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go
Because all along we've been going in the same direction
I'm tired of playing games
Of looking for someone else to blame
For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing
For something to fill the space
Was all of the time I spent a waste?
'Cause so many choices point the same way I was going
But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go
Because all along we've been going in the same direction
Going in the same direction
Same direction (same direction)
So why does there only have to be
One correct philosophy?
I don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them
And why are you always telling me
What you want me to believe?
I'd like to think that I can go my own way and meet you in the end
Go my own way and meet you in the end
But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go
Because all along we've been going in the same direction
Going in the same direction
Going in the same direction
Same direction (same direction)
Whenever I step outside
Somebody claims to see the light
It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience
'Cause everyone thinks they're right
And nobody thinks that there just might
Be more than one road to our final destination
But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go
Because all along we've been going in the same direction
I'm tired of playing games
Of looking for someone else to blame
For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing
For something to fill the space
Was all of the time I spent a waste?
'Cause so many choices point the same way I was going
But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go
Because all along we've been going in the same direction
Going in the same direction
Same direction (same direction)
So why does there only have to be
One correct philosophy?
I don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them
And why are you always telling me
What you want me to believe?
I'd like to think that I can go my own way and meet you in the end
Go my own way and meet you in the end
But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go
Because all along we've been going in the same direction
Going in the same direction
Going in the same direction
Same direction (same direction)
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84
Same Direction Lyrics as written by Daniel B. Estrin Chris Light Hesse
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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