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.
Nú vaknar þú
Allt virðist vera breytt
Ég gægist út
En ég sé ekki neitt
Á skóna bind svo
Á náttfötum hún
Í draumi barst hún
Ég hrekk í kút
En sólin, er hún?
Hvar er hún? Inní hýr?
En hvar ert þú?
Legg upp í túr (ég legg upp í túr)
Og tölti götuna
Sé ekki út (ég sé ekki út)
Og nota stjörnurnar
Hleypur endalaust hún
Og klifrar svo út
Glósóli-leg hún
Og komdu út
Mig vaknar draum-haf
Mitt hjartað, slá
Úfið hár
Sturlun við fjar-óð
Sem skyldu-skrá
Og hér ert þú
Fannst mér
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Allt virðist vera breytt
Ég gægist út
En ég sé ekki neitt
Á skóna bind svo
Á náttfötum hún
Í draumi barst hún
Ég hrekk í kút
En sólin, er hún?
Hvar er hún? Inní hýr?
En hvar ert þú?
Legg upp í túr (ég legg upp í túr)
Og tölti götuna
Sé ekki út (ég sé ekki út)
Og nota stjörnurnar
Hleypur endalaust hún
Og klifrar svo út
Glósóli-leg hún
Og komdu út
Mig vaknar draum-haf
Mitt hjartað, slá
Úfið hár
Sturlun við fjar-óð
Sem skyldu-skrá
Og hér ert þú
Fannst mér
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Lyrics submitted by SilentAssassin
Glósóli Lyrics as written by Orri Pall Dyrason Jon Thor Birgisson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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