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.
My darling you look lovely
I've come to lay you down
Uncover your head and submit to me
We'll make a joyful sound
I don't care if you're by yourself
Or you're all alone when you need my help
Keep that smile on your pretty face
Cause you don't have much I can't take away
Don't you worry baby
You won't feel a thing
Close your eyes
Holy roller Novocaine
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
You'll be hearin' me comin'
But I can't come inside
I'll be out back in my white Cadillac
Won't you join me for a ride
We'll go up to the mountain top
There I'll show all the goods I got
Don't look back keep your eyes ahead
This could be the night that the moon goes red, oh Lord!
Don't you worry baby
You won't feel a thing
Close your eyes
Holy roller Novocaine
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
All the world is moanin'
And baby so am I
I'm just givin' you warning
And I'm telling you why
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
I've come to lay you down
Uncover your head and submit to me
We'll make a joyful sound
I don't care if you're by yourself
Or you're all alone when you need my help
Keep that smile on your pretty face
Cause you don't have much I can't take away
Don't you worry baby
You won't feel a thing
Close your eyes
Holy roller Novocaine
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
You'll be hearin' me comin'
But I can't come inside
I'll be out back in my white Cadillac
Won't you join me for a ride
We'll go up to the mountain top
There I'll show all the goods I got
Don't look back keep your eyes ahead
This could be the night that the moon goes red, oh Lord!
Don't you worry baby
You won't feel a thing
Close your eyes
Holy roller Novocaine
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
All the world is moanin'
And baby so am I
I'm just givin' you warning
And I'm telling you why
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
Lord's gonna get us back
I know, I know
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A 'holy roller', apart from its slang meaning as a joint, is also 'used as a disparaging term for a member of any of various religious denominations in which spiritual fervor is expressed by shouts and violent body movements'. That might have something to do with the song's message, and probably more to do with it than if by 'holy roller' Caleb simply meant a joint.
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