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.
Is this the price we pay for progress?
Taking one step forward for every six we take back
Does your dirty oil-stained money make you happy
Do you just wan't to be remembered?
Book your place in history (you will be)
Reform, reform
Oh you are taking apart what we made
With our hands and our hearts
Our hands and our hearts are not just tools to ply your trade
Theyre ours to live our lives with
and you're taking them away
So feel free to wrap your hands around my neck
I feel free to do the same (feel free, surround your house with gates)
Feel free to do the same
Reform, reform
Oh you are taking apart what we made
With our hands and our hearts
Mr Beeching I put it to you you're driving a stake through the land of our hands and our hearts
further to this there is nothing you can say
Reform Reform you are taking apart what we made with our hands and our hearts
Taking one step forward for every six we take back
Does your dirty oil-stained money make you happy
Do you just wan't to be remembered?
Book your place in history (you will be)
Reform, reform
Oh you are taking apart what we made
With our hands and our hearts
Our hands and our hearts are not just tools to ply your trade
Theyre ours to live our lives with
and you're taking them away
So feel free to wrap your hands around my neck
I feel free to do the same (feel free, surround your house with gates)
Feel free to do the same
Reform, reform
Oh you are taking apart what we made
With our hands and our hearts
Mr Beeching I put it to you you're driving a stake through the land of our hands and our hearts
further to this there is nothing you can say
Reform Reform you are taking apart what we made with our hands and our hearts
Lyrics submitted by everyonealibertine
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Excellent, excellent song. I love when the choir joins in "reform, reform"... it's almost like all of the rail workers singing together, don't you think? As to the meaning, well, I think Phang pretty much hit the nail on the head