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.
Faceless
In this town
Faceless
Now that you're not around
Nameless
In this town
And so I walk with my eyes on the ground
I'm powerless to the world
Powerless in this world
And faceless in every way
And so I walk with my eye on yesterday
In every stranger in every place
I think that I see a familiar face
But it's just a mirage
I'm faceless
In this town
Faceless
Now that you're not around
Shameless
All across this town
And so I walk with my eyes on the ground
In every stranger in every place
I think that I see a familiar face
But it's just a mirage
A collage of things that might have been
A collage of things that might have been
In this town
Faceless
Now that you're not around
Nameless
In this town
And so I walk with my eyes on the ground
I'm powerless to the world
Powerless in this world
And faceless in every way
And so I walk with my eye on yesterday
In every stranger in every place
I think that I see a familiar face
But it's just a mirage
I'm faceless
In this town
Faceless
Now that you're not around
Shameless
All across this town
And so I walk with my eyes on the ground
In every stranger in every place
I think that I see a familiar face
But it's just a mirage
A collage of things that might have been
A collage of things that might have been
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