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.
Stay tonight
Let me hold you like I never did before
Take my arms
And let me hold you like I never did before
And I should have tried just to talk about this
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know that I'm
Still here
So before you let me go
Take my hands
Let me touch you like I never did before
Take my heart and let me love you
Like I never did before
Like I never did before
And I should have tried just to talk about it
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know
That I'm still here
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
And we see ourselves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So before you let me go
Before you let me go
Save the dance and let me spin you
Till your world is turning round and round
Round and round, round and round
Save the chance and let me show you
Just like you need a little more
Just like you need a little more
And I should have tried just to talk about it
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know
That I'm still here
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
Until we see oursleves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So much harder than before
So before you let me go
Before you let me go
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
Until we see oursleves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So much harder than before
But we wast it every time
Now my heart is on the line
And now we bruise with every step
When we're closing every door
Can we make it easier
Some time?
Some time
Let me hold you like I never did before
Take my arms
And let me hold you like I never did before
And I should have tried just to talk about this
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know that I'm
Still here
So before you let me go
Take my hands
Let me touch you like I never did before
Take my heart and let me love you
Like I never did before
Like I never did before
And I should have tried just to talk about it
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know
That I'm still here
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
And we see ourselves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So before you let me go
Before you let me go
Save the dance and let me spin you
Till your world is turning round and round
Round and round, round and round
Save the chance and let me show you
Just like you need a little more
Just like you need a little more
And I should have tried just to talk about it
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know
That I'm still here
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
Until we see oursleves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So much harder than before
So before you let me go
Before you let me go
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
Until we see oursleves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So much harder than before
But we wast it every time
Now my heart is on the line
And now we bruise with every step
When we're closing every door
Can we make it easier
Some time?
Some time
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Before You Let Me Go Lyrics as written by Dinand Woesthoff
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"Just like you need a little more"..... Need a little more what? What does she need?? That she hasn't already had? Open ended statements in a this type of song could cause a preteen to overdose. I'm sorry, I got emotional over a child i once knew named Kebra.