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.
If you're feeling like you need some motivation
A new way to get along
We've found a blend
To keep you safe in song
We've got it oh so concentrated
Got it moving through our bones
This connection's underrated
Never gets old
You desire
Then I'll inspire a few
To try a taste of something new
And it's making me sick
I can feel it on my left side
Creeping closer every inch
To say I'm sore would be an outrage
I'm sitting safely in my skin
I feel this free ride's headed somewhere
At least I'm hoping
You desire
Then I'll inspire a few
To try a taste of something
And I've grown tired
Waiting for your move
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
Something left to pull us through
And just float away for good
Live this life the way we should
Just go
You desire
Then I'll inspire a few
To try a taste
I've grown tired of waiting for your move
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
A new way to get along
We've found a blend
To keep you safe in song
We've got it oh so concentrated
Got it moving through our bones
This connection's underrated
Never gets old
You desire
Then I'll inspire a few
To try a taste of something new
And it's making me sick
I can feel it on my left side
Creeping closer every inch
To say I'm sore would be an outrage
I'm sitting safely in my skin
I feel this free ride's headed somewhere
At least I'm hoping
You desire
Then I'll inspire a few
To try a taste of something
And I've grown tired
Waiting for your move
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
Something left to pull us through
And just float away for good
Live this life the way we should
Just go
You desire
Then I'll inspire a few
To try a taste
I've grown tired of waiting for your move
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
Give up, don't pretend
There's something left to lose
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