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.
Southern style
Things are slow
You're watching all the speeding cars
Moving like you wish you could
But oh, it's too bad
Cause they've drove away your happiness and good times
But I'm gonna get you into the light
And I'm gonna find a way that is right
And I'm gonna get you into the light
And make it okay
Sad eyes
You are the only one whose
Whose blue skies are gray
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away
You're so young
And so bored
You were staying out 'til late
Cause it was what your husband hated
But oh, it's too bad
Cause he's stolen all your happiness and good times
But I'm gonna get you into the light
And I'm gonna find a way that is right
And I'm gonna get you into the light
And make it okay
Sad eyes
You are the only one whose
Whose blue skies are gray
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away
Yeah you could make them go away
Took a lot of tears but all you had to find was
Sympathetic years, the ones you left behind yeah
Took a lot of tears but all you had to find was
Sympathetic years, the ones you left behind yeah
I'm gonna get you into the light
And I'm gonna find a way that is right
And I'm gonna get you into the light
And make it okay
Sad eyes
You are the only one whose
Whose blue skies are gray
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away yeah
Sad eyes (Took a lot of tears but all)
You are the only one whose (You had to find was)
Whose blue skies are gray (Sympathetic years, the ones you left behind)
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away
Things are gonna go your way
Yeah they're gonna go your way
Oh they're bound to go your way
Things are slow
You're watching all the speeding cars
Moving like you wish you could
But oh, it's too bad
Cause they've drove away your happiness and good times
But I'm gonna get you into the light
And I'm gonna find a way that is right
And I'm gonna get you into the light
And make it okay
Sad eyes
You are the only one whose
Whose blue skies are gray
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away
You're so young
And so bored
You were staying out 'til late
Cause it was what your husband hated
But oh, it's too bad
Cause he's stolen all your happiness and good times
But I'm gonna get you into the light
And I'm gonna find a way that is right
And I'm gonna get you into the light
And make it okay
Sad eyes
You are the only one whose
Whose blue skies are gray
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away
Yeah you could make them go away
Took a lot of tears but all you had to find was
Sympathetic years, the ones you left behind yeah
Took a lot of tears but all you had to find was
Sympathetic years, the ones you left behind yeah
I'm gonna get you into the light
And I'm gonna find a way that is right
And I'm gonna get you into the light
And make it okay
Sad eyes
You are the only one whose
Whose blue skies are gray
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away yeah
Sad eyes (Took a lot of tears but all)
You are the only one whose (You had to find was)
Whose blue skies are gray (Sympathetic years, the ones you left behind)
So don't cry
You'll be the only one to make them go away
Things are gonna go your way
Yeah they're gonna go your way
Oh they're bound to go your way
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Anyone have any idea what he means by "sympathetic years"? I would initially say he's simply saying to remember the meaningful relationships from one's past, but it seems deeper than that.