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.
In came a boy with
Mid length greasy hair
He had a bunch of songs
That he wanted to share
High up above him
In the tall cloudy air
Flew a little bird
In which some others noticed there
The bird's name was Roger
And he didn't have a care
Except when it came to
Humans' so unfriendly stare
Diving through the thick air
The anger grew till where
Roger attacked the boy
Pulled out half his greasy hair
The boy screamed and Roger cursed
At humans' dirty stares
An arm was swung and everything went blurred
in Roger's head.
He fell down to the pavement
The people looked and cared
Roger couldn't move
And all he could taste was greasy
Hair
Mid length greasy hair
He had a bunch of songs
That he wanted to share
High up above him
In the tall cloudy air
Flew a little bird
In which some others noticed there
The bird's name was Roger
And he didn't have a care
Except when it came to
Humans' so unfriendly stare
Diving through the thick air
The anger grew till where
Roger attacked the boy
Pulled out half his greasy hair
The boy screamed and Roger cursed
At humans' dirty stares
An arm was swung and everything went blurred
in Roger's head.
He fell down to the pavement
The people looked and cared
Roger couldn't move
And all he could taste was greasy
Hair
Lyrics submitted by alice_d
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