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.
Who's that drugged-up queen?
The nation called, the poisoned scene is back
But where've you been?
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
I'm the head of the queen
I float around the night unseen
And I know when to scream
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
The nation called, the poisoned scene is back
But where've you been?
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
I'm the head of the queen
I float around the night unseen
And I know when to scream
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
Lyrics submitted by double sharks
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