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.
The city where I live
The faces in the crowd
It all just makes me stop to think
This is what I've found
Everyone knows everyone
Everyone knows what everyone does
It's cloudy now but that's OK
Sitting around here all day
See I've got this friend
Who just complains about getting out
Said I'm gonna sell my stuff and quit my band
And move out east or anyhow
Cuz everyone knows everyone
Everyone knows what everyone does
It's rainy now and I can't wait
To get out of here someday
There's no escaping
There's nothing to escape
For no good reason
I think I'm gonna stay
Cuz everyone knows everyone
Everyone knows what everyone does
It's sunny out and that's OK
Running around here all day
The faces in the crowd
It all just makes me stop to think
This is what I've found
Everyone knows everyone
Everyone knows what everyone does
It's cloudy now but that's OK
Sitting around here all day
See I've got this friend
Who just complains about getting out
Said I'm gonna sell my stuff and quit my band
And move out east or anyhow
Cuz everyone knows everyone
Everyone knows what everyone does
It's rainy now and I can't wait
To get out of here someday
There's no escaping
There's nothing to escape
For no good reason
I think I'm gonna stay
Cuz everyone knows everyone
Everyone knows what everyone does
It's sunny out and that's OK
Running around here all day
Lyrics submitted by nuclearjesus
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