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.
We ride the cosmic streams of time
We are the fools who came to trust
We blind the eyes of history
We tear ourselves down from your cross
Hope flies, we live again
Half-lives, now we are one
We're the Soul Intruders and the worwling void of night
We're the Soul Intruders and we're crying for the light
We're the Soul Intruders we ignore our father on
And the soul survivors but who sits on my thrown
Solid winds have taken hold
Blowing us where we do not know
Existence silent and unknown
Fire the Sun and ??????????????
Hope flies, each but never kill
Half-lives, we live as well
We're the Soul Intruders and the worwling void of night
We're the Soul Intruders and we're crying for the light
We're the Soul Intruders we ignore our father on
And the soul survivors but who sits on my thrown
SOLO
Half-lives, he but never kill
Hope flies, we live as well
We're the Soul Intruders and the worwling void of night
We're the Soul Intruders and we're crying for the light
We're the Soul Intruders we ignore our father on
And the soul survivors but who sits on my thrown
We are the fools who came to trust
We blind the eyes of history
We tear ourselves down from your cross
Hope flies, we live again
Half-lives, now we are one
We're the Soul Intruders and the worwling void of night
We're the Soul Intruders and we're crying for the light
We're the Soul Intruders we ignore our father on
And the soul survivors but who sits on my thrown
Solid winds have taken hold
Blowing us where we do not know
Existence silent and unknown
Fire the Sun and ??????????????
Hope flies, each but never kill
Half-lives, we live as well
We're the Soul Intruders and the worwling void of night
We're the Soul Intruders and we're crying for the light
We're the Soul Intruders we ignore our father on
And the soul survivors but who sits on my thrown
SOLO
Half-lives, he but never kill
Hope flies, we live as well
We're the Soul Intruders and the worwling void of night
We're the Soul Intruders and we're crying for the light
We're the Soul Intruders we ignore our father on
And the soul survivors but who sits on my thrown
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Soul Intruders Lyrics as written by Roger Ramirez Bruce (gb 2) Dickinson
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