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.
The worst part
every hour of every day
can you hear them
there's no escape
but the truth is
there's a line that we all cross
I've been crossed out
we all get crossed out
All the same sad lives
all the love that disappears
we are aching bones
and wasted years
We have few regrets
save it for every night alone
in the sinking ship and haunted home
Out of the blue out into the loneliest place that you'll ever know.
I carried the world just as far as I could but the damage had taken it's tole.
You used to call my name every hour of every day
how I live to hear that sound
but every sound gets washed away
we wash away
We are not as strong
we have almost disappeared
all the love we shared
was destroyed years ago
All the days and nights
days of having lots of lies
as the clockwork creeps on useless lives
Out of the blue out into the loneliest place that you'll ever know.
I carried the world just as far as I could but the damage had taken its tole
You used to call my name every hour of every day
how I live to hear that sound
but every sound gets washed away
And the years have been unkind
we no longer have control
and we used to make a smile
Pursue the sound and lock the door
We are no more
I wrote a letter, a letter to write from the start
I married the madness who left me alone in the dark
wrote down her a letter "I'll shiver without you tonight"
I did everything right
I did everything I thought was right
I did everything right
I did everything I thought was right
I did everything right
I did everything I thought was right
You used to call my name
every hour of every day
how I live to hear that sound
but every sound gets washed away
we wash away
every hour of every day
can you hear them
there's no escape
but the truth is
there's a line that we all cross
I've been crossed out
we all get crossed out
All the same sad lives
all the love that disappears
we are aching bones
and wasted years
We have few regrets
save it for every night alone
in the sinking ship and haunted home
Out of the blue out into the loneliest place that you'll ever know.
I carried the world just as far as I could but the damage had taken it's tole.
You used to call my name every hour of every day
how I live to hear that sound
but every sound gets washed away
we wash away
We are not as strong
we have almost disappeared
all the love we shared
was destroyed years ago
All the days and nights
days of having lots of lies
as the clockwork creeps on useless lives
Out of the blue out into the loneliest place that you'll ever know.
I carried the world just as far as I could but the damage had taken its tole
You used to call my name every hour of every day
how I live to hear that sound
but every sound gets washed away
And the years have been unkind
we no longer have control
and we used to make a smile
Pursue the sound and lock the door
We are no more
I wrote a letter, a letter to write from the start
I married the madness who left me alone in the dark
wrote down her a letter "I'll shiver without you tonight"
I did everything right
I did everything I thought was right
I did everything right
I did everything I thought was right
I did everything right
I did everything I thought was right
You used to call my name
every hour of every day
how I live to hear that sound
but every sound gets washed away
we wash away
Lyrics submitted by sheslikeohsoemo
The Worst Part Lyrics as written by Joshua Allen Cain Jesse Mack Johnson
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