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.
Sometimes I wanna sleep in the street
But it feels a little funny without you
Down in the basement feeling the pavement
Holding my stomach
and sometimes I can't believe my own feet
So I found another permanent address
Sold the old mattress keeping the changes
Talking to strangers
I knew I could forget you
That's what I'm gonna do
Now I'm staring at a stop sign
Just like the last time
hey you're everything you dreamed you'd be
What a civilized way to be angry
Locked in the attic, starting to panic
Wait, that's me
always it's the same situation
It's got to be somebody's fault
But I never know what to do
So let's say we put the blame on you
standing in a phone booth
Waiting for the punch line
Trying not to call you
Just like the last time
sometimes I wanna sleep in the street
But it feels a little funny without you
Down in the basement feeling the pavement
Holding my stomach in
and sometimes I can't believe my own feet
So I found another permanent address
Sold the old mattress keeping the changes
Talking to strangers
I knew I could forget you
That's what I'm gonna do
Now I'm staring at a stop sign
Just like the last time
But it feels a little funny without you
Down in the basement feeling the pavement
Holding my stomach
and sometimes I can't believe my own feet
So I found another permanent address
Sold the old mattress keeping the changes
Talking to strangers
I knew I could forget you
That's what I'm gonna do
Now I'm staring at a stop sign
Just like the last time
hey you're everything you dreamed you'd be
What a civilized way to be angry
Locked in the attic, starting to panic
Wait, that's me
always it's the same situation
It's got to be somebody's fault
But I never know what to do
So let's say we put the blame on you
standing in a phone booth
Waiting for the punch line
Trying not to call you
Just like the last time
sometimes I wanna sleep in the street
But it feels a little funny without you
Down in the basement feeling the pavement
Holding my stomach in
and sometimes I can't believe my own feet
So I found another permanent address
Sold the old mattress keeping the changes
Talking to strangers
I knew I could forget you
That's what I'm gonna do
Now I'm staring at a stop sign
Just like the last time
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