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.
Sit with me now
Will watch the dusk
Sun falling on
The two of us
Let's set our hearts
To match the sun
Were right on time
Here it comes
The countdown is starting now
It's coming to a sweet end
I aim my messy headstrong
I'm coming fast and furious
Curiosity don't
Kill us before we've
Thrown
Our
Arms
Out
Let's set our hearts to match the sun
When it goes down
For keeping sake, a sign for all time
So we both know, oh
In the wind I wander
I don''t know where I'll end up
Do what I can to get home
Right there baby
There in between twilight
Finish the day into
Night
When
We'll meet up
Again
Let's set our hearts to match the sun
When it goes down
For keeping sake, a sign for all time
So we both know, oh
I'll give my name to dress you up
Use it to express us
Mean us at the same time
A name you can claim me as your prince, my princess
Stretch out our royal line
It grows longer
Knowing the sun will set on time
And knowing you know your heart beats close to mine
From where you are
You'll see our mark
Signing our name
All across the colored sky
Just in time to match the sun
Just in time to match the sun
Will watch the dusk
Sun falling on
The two of us
Let's set our hearts
To match the sun
Were right on time
Here it comes
The countdown is starting now
It's coming to a sweet end
I aim my messy headstrong
I'm coming fast and furious
Curiosity don't
Kill us before we've
Thrown
Our
Arms
Out
Let's set our hearts to match the sun
When it goes down
For keeping sake, a sign for all time
So we both know, oh
In the wind I wander
I don''t know where I'll end up
Do what I can to get home
Right there baby
There in between twilight
Finish the day into
Night
When
We'll meet up
Again
Let's set our hearts to match the sun
When it goes down
For keeping sake, a sign for all time
So we both know, oh
I'll give my name to dress you up
Use it to express us
Mean us at the same time
A name you can claim me as your prince, my princess
Stretch out our royal line
It grows longer
Knowing the sun will set on time
And knowing you know your heart beats close to mine
From where you are
You'll see our mark
Signing our name
All across the colored sky
Just in time to match the sun
Just in time to match the sun
Lyrics submitted by animated456
To Match the Sun Lyrics as written by David Michael Navarro Perry Farrell
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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