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.
And what comes next?
a chance to save yourself
here we are again counting rays with you again
for our empires and the last of days
what built sciences are going to break again?
one day we're going to light up the stars
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
and what comes next?
(here we are again counting rays again)
a chance to save yourself
(here we are again)
and what comes next?
(counting rays again)
a chance to save yourself
YEAH!
drop it buster
you can't keep us here
drop it buster
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
here we are counting rays again
wonders of philosophy
here we are again counting rays again
for our empires
for the last of days
we're, not, alone
we're, not, alone
i find it hard to believe that we're not alone
i find it hard to believe
i find it hard to believe that we're not
i find it hard to believe that we are..
i find it hard to believe that we're not alone
i cant seem to discover...
find it hard to
to discover...
a chance to save yourself
here we are again counting rays with you again
for our empires and the last of days
what built sciences are going to break again?
one day we're going to light up the stars
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
and what comes next?
(here we are again counting rays again)
a chance to save yourself
(here we are again)
and what comes next?
(counting rays again)
a chance to save yourself
YEAH!
drop it buster
you can't keep us here
drop it buster
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
we can breathe in space, they just don't want us to escape
here we are counting rays again
wonders of philosophy
here we are again counting rays again
for our empires
for the last of days
we're, not, alone
we're, not, alone
i find it hard to believe that we're not alone
i find it hard to believe
i find it hard to believe that we're not
i find it hard to believe that we are..
i find it hard to believe that we're not alone
i cant seem to discover...
find it hard to
to discover...
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i love this song. :) especially the backing bit that says 'i find it hard to believe that we're not alone' at the end. and the 'drop it buster' part. aah i just love it :)
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