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.
Can't beleive
How far I've come
I've watched me stumble
And come undone
If you take away
These memories
Then all that's left
Is just me
Cuz I don't want this
And I don't need this
And I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me
I can't shake this
I can't fake this
And I won't take this
Anymore
So you choose
To break my heart
I should have seen this
From the start
I'm haunted by
Your apathy
All that's left
Is killing me
Cuz I don't want this
And I don't need this
And I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me
I can't shake this
I can't fake this
And I won't take this
Anymore
Do you beleive?
That the way you choose to be
I've always had to see
The better side of this so I don't lost my faith
Now the sun has gone away
It's getting colder every day
So before I freeze to death
There's something I should say
I don't want this
I don't need this
And I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me
I can't shake this
I can't fake this
And I won't take this
Though you say you understand
You still won't face this
You can't erase this
I won't embrace this
Anymore
How far I've come
I've watched me stumble
And come undone
If you take away
These memories
Then all that's left
Is just me
Cuz I don't want this
And I don't need this
And I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me
I can't shake this
I can't fake this
And I won't take this
Anymore
So you choose
To break my heart
I should have seen this
From the start
I'm haunted by
Your apathy
All that's left
Is killing me
Cuz I don't want this
And I don't need this
And I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me
I can't shake this
I can't fake this
And I won't take this
Anymore
Do you beleive?
That the way you choose to be
I've always had to see
The better side of this so I don't lost my faith
Now the sun has gone away
It's getting colder every day
So before I freeze to death
There's something I should say
I don't want this
I don't need this
And I don't feel this
It seems that even though she's with me
I can't shake this
I can't fake this
And I won't take this
Though you say you understand
You still won't face this
You can't erase this
I won't embrace this
Anymore
Lyrics submitted by ab0ve
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Great version of a great song,
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I think this song is about someone in a relationship where they have been betrayed by the other person cheating. They have decided to stay together and the situation never gets worked out... "you won't face this..." It has been eating the him up inside and now he's coming to a realization that... "Cuz I don't want this, And I don't need this, And I don't feel this, It seems that even though she's with me, I can't shake this, I can't fake this, And I won't take this, Anymore..." this song hits me right in the nuts becuase its pretty much brings back shit from my own situation. This song kills me, but I love it!