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.
Let me tell you a story
My favorite band in life is playing town on Wednesday's night
I wish 2 God I had the nerve 2 go
The singer in the band is my type, not 2 big or small
But I hate 2 let my inner feelings show
My made-up name is Vanity 'cause a girl's best friend's her pride
And a working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks
Everybody gets three years of tribulation unless they lie
But with the female, 3 x 2 = 6
When I'm older, I wanna be a movie star just like Greta Garbo
Well, then I could tell everybody what 2 do
Well, she was so cool, it was plain 2 see that she was in control
I bet she never played the part of anyone's fool
So, my made-up name is Vanity 'cause a girl's best friend's her pride
And a working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks
(Oh no, oh no)
Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie
But with the female, 3 x 2 = 6
Play your song one time baby girl
I don't think they heard you now, baby
That's all I need 2 say because I think you understand
Unless, of course, in another life you were a man
Please believe me when I tell you a girl's best friend's her pride
A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks (No she don't)
Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie
But with the female, well, 3 x 2 = 6
Won't somebody help me?
Please believe me when I tell you a girl's best friend's her pride
A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks
Sister, can you hear me?
(Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie)
But with the female, (3 x 2 = 6) 3 x 2 = 6
(Sister, can you hear me talkin' 2 ya?)
(Please believe me when I tell you a girl's best friend's her pride)
When I tell ya a girl's best friend's her pride
(A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks)
(Sister, can you hear me?)
(Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie)
But with the female, 3 x 2 = 6
My favorite band in life is playing town on Wednesday's night
I wish 2 God I had the nerve 2 go
The singer in the band is my type, not 2 big or small
But I hate 2 let my inner feelings show
My made-up name is Vanity 'cause a girl's best friend's her pride
And a working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks
Everybody gets three years of tribulation unless they lie
But with the female, 3 x 2 = 6
When I'm older, I wanna be a movie star just like Greta Garbo
Well, then I could tell everybody what 2 do
Well, she was so cool, it was plain 2 see that she was in control
I bet she never played the part of anyone's fool
So, my made-up name is Vanity 'cause a girl's best friend's her pride
And a working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks
(Oh no, oh no)
Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie
But with the female, 3 x 2 = 6
Play your song one time baby girl
I don't think they heard you now, baby
That's all I need 2 say because I think you understand
Unless, of course, in another life you were a man
Please believe me when I tell you a girl's best friend's her pride
A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks (No she don't)
Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie
But with the female, well, 3 x 2 = 6
Won't somebody help me?
Please believe me when I tell you a girl's best friend's her pride
A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks
Sister, can you hear me?
(Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie)
But with the female, (3 x 2 = 6) 3 x 2 = 6
(Sister, can you hear me talkin' 2 ya?)
(Please believe me when I tell you a girl's best friend's her pride)
When I tell ya a girl's best friend's her pride
(A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks)
(Sister, can you hear me?)
(Everybody gets 3 years of tribulation unless they lie)
But with the female, 3 x 2 = 6
Lyrics submitted by kmk_natasha
3 X 2 = 6 Lyrics as written by Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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