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.
I'm going away to be alone I'm coming back with answers
Don't try to call my telephone it's disconnected
And I don't know where I'm going but can you guide me
If I find love where I'm going will it survive me
'Cause in your own space you're disconnected
And in your own mind you're not affected
And in your own time you're still attracted but in your own life
This heart attack I've gotta get away not coming back
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I'll be fine
I've found the time to be alone I don't know what you're asking
I'm waiting by the telephone and you're still barking
My heart stops it isn't... going could you revive me
I think I'm lost without knowing so come and find me
'Cause in the same space we're disconnected
And in your own mind you're not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time
This heart attack I think I'll go away not coming back
I'm off the line so call me when you can some other time
This heart attack I've gotta get away not coming back
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I'll be fine
Sometimes if we don't go sometimes you don't know
You don't go I don't go I don't go you don't go
I've got your back but you don't got mine
This heart attack then I'm feeling fine
This heart attack I've gotta get away I'm not coming back
I'm bout to flatline so call me when you can some other time
This heart attack I've gotta get away
Not coming back
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I'll be fine
I'm going away to be alone
I'm going away to be alone
I'm going away to be alone
I'm going away to be alone
Don't try to call my telephone it's disconnected
And I don't know where I'm going but can you guide me
If I find love where I'm going will it survive me
'Cause in your own space you're disconnected
And in your own mind you're not affected
And in your own time you're still attracted but in your own life
This heart attack I've gotta get away not coming back
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I'll be fine
I've found the time to be alone I don't know what you're asking
I'm waiting by the telephone and you're still barking
My heart stops it isn't... going could you revive me
I think I'm lost without knowing so come and find me
'Cause in the same space we're disconnected
And in your own mind you're not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time
This heart attack I think I'll go away not coming back
I'm off the line so call me when you can some other time
This heart attack I've gotta get away not coming back
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I'll be fine
Sometimes if we don't go sometimes you don't know
You don't go I don't go I don't go you don't go
I've got your back but you don't got mine
This heart attack then I'm feeling fine
This heart attack I've gotta get away I'm not coming back
I'm bout to flatline so call me when you can some other time
This heart attack I've gotta get away
Not coming back
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I'll be fine
I'm going away to be alone
I'm going away to be alone
I'm going away to be alone
I'm going away to be alone
Lyrics submitted by Hybridmoment, edited by Ant292
This Heart Attack Lyrics as written by Nathan Charles Hudson
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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um, meaning...
"going away to be alone, coming back with answers" self explanatory- he loves pie. no, no im sorry, listening to the hurricane made me like this im sorry
going away to be alone needs space to think about things so he can get a clear head and a clear take on the situation, hes confused (gosh why is everyone so confused by love all the time..oh yeah, THATS right, love...duh)
maybe the chick or wateva is too clingy but dosnt take him seriously,for real, or just takes him for granted forever.
"Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life..." so that could be meaning they don't have any feelings for them anymore, but after a while they find they're still thinking about them way too much, so maybe he's going away for a while from his current girl to think about stuff and clear his head cos he keeps thinkin bout his ex...? possibly?
"Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted But in your own life over reacted and in your own time..."
continuing from the "thinkin bout his ex" theme, his girlfriend dumped him, they dont talk anymore, "disconnected" if they ever run into each other in the same place, "space". and his girlfriend has got over him, and hes saying "in your own time"...maybe you'll forgive me
and he dosnt wanna like his ex so hes "going away to be alone" to detox himself from all the STUFF