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.
Every morning I put it on, I walk outside and I am gone
And I don't seem to mind anymore, I can't think what it was like before
I wore it all the time.
[Chorus]
In the evening I take it off, but there's another one underneath
And I can't seem to find the bottom of the stack
I might just lose my mind and never get it back
But at least I'll get inside
[Chorus]
At least I'll get inside
[Chorus]
There's a feeling that I get sometimes, It's so small that it's easy to hide
It's like a howling voice from the distant past
It seems I've got no choice, when I come to this
It's building up inside
[Chorus]
It's building up inside
[Chorus]
And I don't seem to mind anymore, I can't think what it was like before
I wore it all the time.
[Chorus]
In the evening I take it off, but there's another one underneath
And I can't seem to find the bottom of the stack
I might just lose my mind and never get it back
But at least I'll get inside
[Chorus]
At least I'll get inside
[Chorus]
There's a feeling that I get sometimes, It's so small that it's easy to hide
It's like a howling voice from the distant past
It seems I've got no choice, when I come to this
It's building up inside
[Chorus]
It's building up inside
[Chorus]
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Persona Lyrics as written by Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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to me....i agree with mike...its bout a mask...n identity that someone has...n its more then one....the person wears so many different mask...at first he didnt care...he was alright with it...hence "And I don't seem to mind anymore, I can't think what it was like before I wore it all the time."...in the middle of the song its starting to bother him....n he wants to change...thats why in the begining of the middle he says "In the evening I take it off, but there's another one underneath And I can't seem to find the bottom of the stack"...he cant seem to find who he was originally...n towards the end....its like he is bout to lose it all...n just quit...know wat i mean...