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.
Your time is up!
We've been counting down your days,
Going over every false thing you say.
We wish it could be different.
We wished you stayed the same.
Tearing down our idols--living life our own way.
Taking the chance to say
All my heroes are dead
All my heroes are dead
Were we to blind to see you were only human like me?
But we can't help or feel.
Empty words: they're all you gave.
Struggling to take back our days.
They build you up watch you fall
They build you up watch you fall
Can't you see it can't be what you want
Because I love to watch them fall
Where did we lose control we thought it last forever
Where did we lose control we thought it last forever
We thought it'd last forever
We thought it'd last forever
Were counting down away your days
Our heroes, the ones they use to be
Our idols fall!
Our heroes, the ones they use to be
Our idols fall away!
We've been counting down your days,
Going over every false thing you say.
We wish it could be different.
We wished you stayed the same.
Tearing down our idols--living life our own way.
Taking the chance to say
All my heroes are dead
All my heroes are dead
Were we to blind to see you were only human like me?
But we can't help or feel.
Empty words: they're all you gave.
Struggling to take back our days.
They build you up watch you fall
They build you up watch you fall
Can't you see it can't be what you want
Because I love to watch them fall
Where did we lose control we thought it last forever
Where did we lose control we thought it last forever
We thought it'd last forever
We thought it'd last forever
Were counting down away your days
Our heroes, the ones they use to be
Our idols fall!
Our heroes, the ones they use to be
Our idols fall away!
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False Idols Fall Lyrics as written by Jeremy Hiebert Andrew Neufeld
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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I think False idols falls means that god is the only real god, and others will only fail you apart from the actual god himself.