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.
we need ice picks to share these houses on the beachfront
where tits cling and time is empty
your trap is a town
in the daylight, in the daylight
i'll come home, i'll come home quickly
and i see them run and i see them run
i am empty
and we watch them run and we watch them run
you're stealing legs from me
everyone's afraid of one-night plays where they can't be who they want to be
oh, this harness can't ride anything,
through the sunsets and dry humps, a
and i left outlets hidden underneath your thighs.
we need driveways to be kinder on the asphalt where lips shine and time is empty
your trap is a town
in the daylight, in the daylight,
i'll come home, i'll come home quickly
we are one-night stands that can't walk away.
harnesses that can't hold weight
where tits cling and time is empty
your trap is a town
in the daylight, in the daylight
i'll come home, i'll come home quickly
and i see them run and i see them run
i am empty
and we watch them run and we watch them run
you're stealing legs from me
everyone's afraid of one-night plays where they can't be who they want to be
oh, this harness can't ride anything,
through the sunsets and dry humps, a
and i left outlets hidden underneath your thighs.
we need driveways to be kinder on the asphalt where lips shine and time is empty
your trap is a town
in the daylight, in the daylight,
i'll come home, i'll come home quickly
we are one-night stands that can't walk away.
harnesses that can't hold weight
Lyrics submitted by bobby the dolt
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Yay for CUCU lyrics. It's about time! I love their new cd. Ah, amazing.
I love the beats in this song though.
have no clue what this song is about but it's good though
how do you hold onto life? do you put a harness on it? does it hold you up? oh, their harness can't ride anything. each day, they try and figure it out, he and his girl. they try and figure out how to make it through. through the boring town, where he is trying to be himself, but maybe conflicted with who he is or who they are, or where they are?
as with all their lyrics, cucu is vague and downright absent when trying to connect all the lines. kinda forces you to read between the lines. i think this adds to the effect of the lines. they, themselves, find life hard, disjointed, and the connections from the past to present are bewildering. thats not even the scary part. that happens to be the thought that creeps in after all this... "where does that leave us now? where do we go from here"