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.
Well I've walked alone, I've walked down this long road
Some walk alongside for awhile and then go
I think back on them as the days go by
The roads we took were different in this life
We once drank from the wine of youth
Then it was gone
And when a woman takes your heart
The only thing left is a song
There are plenty of the bad times that i've had
Seemed to last so long while the good ones when so fast
But the best times i remember them most of all
They'll stay with me forever
There are some friends who've walked along with me
They'll be there till the end of the road
But in the middle of the night
When you're alone with the pain-
Sometimes its not enough and your on your own
Some of these moments
There's just one thing that saved my life
And as the sweet muse sent the music
I held on to my guitar all night
I've seen the morning break in Tokyo
The winter stars above the Wyoming snow
Everything in between, well it's been a long ride
Wouldn't trade anything under the sky
Some walk alongside for awhile and then go
I think back on them as the days go by
The roads we took were different in this life
We once drank from the wine of youth
Then it was gone
And when a woman takes your heart
The only thing left is a song
There are plenty of the bad times that i've had
Seemed to last so long while the good ones when so fast
But the best times i remember them most of all
They'll stay with me forever
There are some friends who've walked along with me
They'll be there till the end of the road
But in the middle of the night
When you're alone with the pain-
Sometimes its not enough and your on your own
Some of these moments
There's just one thing that saved my life
And as the sweet muse sent the music
I held on to my guitar all night
I've seen the morning break in Tokyo
The winter stars above the Wyoming snow
Everything in between, well it's been a long ride
Wouldn't trade anything under the sky
Lyrics submitted by CAffers
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This song is soo amazing. It reminds me a lot of "In the Orchard" off Power of Moonlight. Nick's voice is so beautiful, and I could listen to this song over and over.
To me this is just a really intimate song about his life. He's getting older, and looking back on past relationships - realizing that for the most part he's been alone and probably always will be kind of a loner. There's been good times and bad, but he has so many memories and true friends that will always be with him, and when those things aren't enough and he still feels depressed, he has the one thing that makes him truly happy - his music - to keep him going, and he wouldn't trade that for anything in the world.
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I love this part:
"There are some friends who've walked along with me They'll be there till the end of the road But in the middle of the night When you're alone with the pain- Sometimes its not enough and your on your own"
I have true friends that I really love and who love me. But they can't help me with the pain of loneliness when I lie alone in my bed and can't sleep because my thoughts and my heart are with that special someone.
this is the song that got me into tiger army so hardcore, on friday night, i was at this chicks house that i met the day before, and we were fooling around and i accedentally hit repeat and this was the onlysong playing while we were doing... yeah anyways i fell inlove with the band instantly
It sounds like he's saying "we once drank from the well of youth"
but I could be mistaken
And when a woman takes your heart the only thing left is a song been there too many times.