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.
Distance makes the heart start wondering
Absence makes the anger grow
The world may just be spinning through us
And separation lets it show
I walk away the fear and anger
I'm talking through the tears each day
I push myself to points of danger
But nothing makes it go away
[Chorus]
I want a cure
A mental, geographical cure
A physical, chemical cure
Sugar or shopping
Drinking or dropping
The emotional highs
Of my life in disguise
There's one thing for sure
I want a cure
Love seems like a fancy theory
Fame a substitute for friends
Those who love can't get near me
Those who don't are moving in
A heart is like a broken window
Pain depends on point of view
The world may just be slowly stopping
And no one knows but me and you
[Chorus]
Where no one can see me
No one knows how I'm feeling
[Chorus]
Absence makes the anger grow
The world may just be spinning through us
And separation lets it show
I walk away the fear and anger
I'm talking through the tears each day
I push myself to points of danger
But nothing makes it go away
[Chorus]
I want a cure
A mental, geographical cure
A physical, chemical cure
Sugar or shopping
Drinking or dropping
The emotional highs
Of my life in disguise
There's one thing for sure
I want a cure
Love seems like a fancy theory
Fame a substitute for friends
Those who love can't get near me
Those who don't are moving in
A heart is like a broken window
Pain depends on point of view
The world may just be slowly stopping
And no one knows but me and you
[Chorus]
Where no one can see me
No one knows how I'm feeling
[Chorus]
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I Want a Cure Lyrics as written by Rosanne Cash
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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