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.
What if we were in the same boat
Rolling on a green sea
Listening to the water
No ordered future, no sorted old, wet memories?
And what if time was not the issue
And we could just go on for days and days and days,
Never need for, never miss you,
Give you nothing more than a smile on your face?
What if I had ten good reasons
To love you and to leave you, darlin'
Better than the you you were before?
What if we were in the same boat
Only to keep on moving on?
What if we had ten different reasons
To love upon and leave each other
Separate to head on for the shore?
What if we were in the same boat
Only to keep moving on?
Moving on...
Seems like I've been on this trip so long, little splashes all I see.
Ten more lovers to the wind and once again I'm left with me.
Seems that as my time draws nearer,
I look into that mirror at a face that's had it's fun
And kept moving on...
Always moving on...
With no one.
But what if we were in the same boat
Rolling to the same beat
Listening to each other
No eyes for another
No need to ever look away?
And what if we could stay together
And simply move on day after day after day
Sun and stormy weather
You and I together
Moving on always?
Sun and stormy weather
Side by side together
You and I always
Side by side together
You and I forever
Moving on always...
Always.
Rolling on a green sea
Listening to the water
No ordered future, no sorted old, wet memories?
And what if time was not the issue
And we could just go on for days and days and days,
Never need for, never miss you,
Give you nothing more than a smile on your face?
What if I had ten good reasons
To love you and to leave you, darlin'
Better than the you you were before?
What if we were in the same boat
Only to keep on moving on?
What if we had ten different reasons
To love upon and leave each other
Separate to head on for the shore?
What if we were in the same boat
Only to keep moving on?
Moving on...
Seems like I've been on this trip so long, little splashes all I see.
Ten more lovers to the wind and once again I'm left with me.
Seems that as my time draws nearer,
I look into that mirror at a face that's had it's fun
And kept moving on...
Always moving on...
With no one.
But what if we were in the same boat
Rolling to the same beat
Listening to each other
No eyes for another
No need to ever look away?
And what if we could stay together
And simply move on day after day after day
Sun and stormy weather
You and I together
Moving on always?
Sun and stormy weather
Side by side together
You and I always
Side by side together
You and I forever
Moving on always...
Always.
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