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.
How many times can a man watch the sunrise over again without feeling free
How many words will fill me in my neglegence to arrest,
Oh yes, this crazy part of me
How many fools will I let unlock the door to my heart
When I know that know that they shouldn't have had the key
It's been so long and the groove in my heart
Is nearly gone all my heads in the clouds but I'm landing on my feet
[Chorus]
Don't shoot me down sunshine shining down
I'm hot tequila brown
Don't shoot me down I'm stuck on but I'm lying here
Sunshine shining down
How many lives will I lose on the budlines inside my mind I think I've had enough
Don't shoot me down all I want is to see my black cars turn back to brown
'Cause that roomy car I think I really must
[Chorus: x4]
How many words will fill me in my neglegence to arrest,
Oh yes, this crazy part of me
How many fools will I let unlock the door to my heart
When I know that know that they shouldn't have had the key
It's been so long and the groove in my heart
Is nearly gone all my heads in the clouds but I'm landing on my feet
[Chorus]
Don't shoot me down sunshine shining down
I'm hot tequila brown
Don't shoot me down I'm stuck on but I'm lying here
Sunshine shining down
How many lives will I lose on the budlines inside my mind I think I've had enough
Don't shoot me down all I want is to see my black cars turn back to brown
'Cause that roomy car I think I really must
[Chorus: x4]
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I'm pretty sure the lyrics is "how many times, can a man/watch the sun rise over his head/without feeling free?" Otherwise, it just does not make sense. Also, "should've" should be "shouldn't 've"
The chorus repeats after the second verse as well, except it is a little different: Don?t shoot me down The sun shining down, I?m hot tequila brown Don?t shoot me down I?m stone cold, but I?m lying here in the Sunshine shining down Sunshine shining down Sunshine shining down
that's all
just to clarify, "that's all" isn't part of the lyrics
U are correct, but i have come to give this song the best reting ever a "2" out of 3!... Bwahahaha... What is this song about i still can t tell?
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Perhaps I am way off, but it's what I gather from this song.
I think it's generally about a person trying to change and become more positive and happy, and is not quite there yet, like HedgehogPie said. I really love this song, it means a lot to me.
"How many times, can a man Watch the sun rise over his head Without feeling free"
"How many words, will fail me in my negligence To arrest, oh yes, this crazy part of me"
"How many fools, will I let Unlock the door to my heart When I know that, know that They shouldn’t have had the key"
"It’s been so long, and the groove in my hearts nearly gone"
"Oh my heads in the clouds But I’m landing on my feet"
"How many lives, will I lose On the battle lines, inside my mind I think I’ve had enough"
"All I want is to see my black eyes turn back to brown cross that Rubicon, I think I really must "
"Don’t shoot me down The sun shining down, I’m hot tequila brown Don’t shoot me down I’m stone cold, but I’m lying here in the Sunshine shining down"