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.
Waking up with an 8.2 when it seemed like the easiest thing to do
When someone said "Here's one for you"
Mouth's so dry and I just spit ash
In a hole in my pocket full of wasted cash
But that's alright it was just bad stash
Jump, inside, he said, I tried
"I never met a junkie that I didn't like"
Said he
And who am I to disagree?
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
And how can you feel when your mind's made up like a will of steel?
How can you deal in your tree
Sick of ecstasy
Kicked in bad and you got too low
To be down in a company you don't know
Said "Come on in we've got a right good blow"
Talking talking the whole world's clear
Until the guy with the goatee got a touch of fear
Which went round the room like diarrhoea
I'm bored with this
I'm bored with that
I'm stuck in bed alone with a you know what
No rest
With your heart beating out of your chest
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
How can you feel when your mind's made up like a will of steel
How can you deal in your tree
Sick of LSD
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
How can you feel
When your mind's made up like a will of steel
How can you deal in your tree
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
How can you feel
When your mind's made up like a will of steel
How can you deal in your tree
Sick of drugs are we
When someone said "Here's one for you"
Mouth's so dry and I just spit ash
In a hole in my pocket full of wasted cash
But that's alright it was just bad stash
Jump, inside, he said, I tried
"I never met a junkie that I didn't like"
Said he
And who am I to disagree?
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
And how can you feel when your mind's made up like a will of steel?
How can you deal in your tree
Sick of ecstasy
Kicked in bad and you got too low
To be down in a company you don't know
Said "Come on in we've got a right good blow"
Talking talking the whole world's clear
Until the guy with the goatee got a touch of fear
Which went round the room like diarrhoea
I'm bored with this
I'm bored with that
I'm stuck in bed alone with a you know what
No rest
With your heart beating out of your chest
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
How can you feel when your mind's made up like a will of steel
How can you deal in your tree
Sick of LSD
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
How can you feel
When your mind's made up like a will of steel
How can you deal in your tree
How can you stay when you're 16 million miles away
How can you fly when you're home free
How can you feel
When your mind's made up like a will of steel
How can you deal in your tree
Sick of drugs are we
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