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.
[Verse 1]
I know you need it clear
You know you're what I've been looking for, oh
Sometimes it don't seem right
You're all alone
You need someone to hold you tight
Call me, I can make it right, yeah
[Chorus]
Oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh
Tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
[Verse 2]
Late at night in my dreams
We're making love
Laid back in my limousine, oh
Your touch, it feels so right
I'm all alone
I need someone to hold me tight
Call me, I can make it right, yeah
[Chorus]
Oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
[Bridge]
If you want it, girl
You need it so bad
I'll give it to you like you've never had
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Tell me
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh-oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
[Outro]
Woo
I know you need it clear
You know you're what I've been looking for, oh
Sometimes it don't seem right
You're all alone
You need someone to hold you tight
Call me, I can make it right, yeah
[Chorus]
Oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh
Tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
[Verse 2]
Late at night in my dreams
We're making love
Laid back in my limousine, oh
Your touch, it feels so right
I'm all alone
I need someone to hold me tight
Call me, I can make it right, yeah
[Chorus]
Oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
[Bridge]
If you want it, girl
You need it so bad
I'll give it to you like you've never had
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Tell me
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
Oh-oh-oh-oh, tell me if you want it
(Tell me if you want it)
[Outro]
Woo
Lyrics submitted by gothic_hobbit, edited by Kingofstilport
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