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.
Put the keys to the car,
then they'll know that someone sits inside!
Put a flag on the back,
then they'll see you've got all American pride!
Keep your eyes on the ground,
and the world's gonna keep you from those lies!
Now you're part of the plan they conduct
Get your peas in a pod and you'll
multiply and divide!
GO!
Will someone (when you're sparkling take a right
belt rub them in the right way?)
GO!
Everybody says when you lose control
this time they'll never wanna fight 'em
GO!
Fuel to the fire, ideas run dry,
all these pills and these hearts expire
GO!
I take a shortcut So I better watch to much D-I-V-I-D-E
STOP!
Get your head around me
you've got to think about it
LOOK! at what's going on around you
Learn! how to think things through
and things that you can do to fight
FIGHT!
They'll divide then multiply
Put the keys to the house
at the end of the circle then you'll see
that you stuck to the plan
but you know it makes everybody free
Get up back to the wall to control
who you'll talk to who you'll see
You'll be American dream
how's it feel have you got what you want
and you'll multiply and divide
GO!
Straight to the point
and you're lending your voice
pretending you're standing up
for what is right
GO!
Division on the A.M. multiply
F.M. give it to the best one yet
GO!
and never what you want
and never what you get
and straight to the point to the best one
GO!
taking shortcuts and going to extremes, this D-I-V-I-D-E
Well now that's not exact but the point
is that rockers know the thieves
keep poverty rich but
It's not gonna get us what we need
Now they're waiting in streets
cause what else can we do
that'll make them see
No insurance no pill
not the part of the plan
that you've got that'll multiply and divide
multiply and divide
(That's right)
multiply and divide
(multiply and divide)
multiply and divide
(That's right)
Multiply and divide
(yeah)
STOP!
Get your head around me
you've got to think about it
LOOK!
At what's going on around you
LEARN!
How to think things through
and things that you can do to fight
They'll divide then multiply
then they'll know that someone sits inside!
Put a flag on the back,
then they'll see you've got all American pride!
Keep your eyes on the ground,
and the world's gonna keep you from those lies!
Now you're part of the plan they conduct
Get your peas in a pod and you'll
multiply and divide!
GO!
Will someone (when you're sparkling take a right
belt rub them in the right way?)
GO!
Everybody says when you lose control
this time they'll never wanna fight 'em
GO!
Fuel to the fire, ideas run dry,
all these pills and these hearts expire
GO!
I take a shortcut So I better watch to much D-I-V-I-D-E
STOP!
Get your head around me
you've got to think about it
LOOK! at what's going on around you
Learn! how to think things through
and things that you can do to fight
FIGHT!
They'll divide then multiply
Put the keys to the house
at the end of the circle then you'll see
that you stuck to the plan
but you know it makes everybody free
Get up back to the wall to control
who you'll talk to who you'll see
You'll be American dream
how's it feel have you got what you want
and you'll multiply and divide
GO!
Straight to the point
and you're lending your voice
pretending you're standing up
for what is right
GO!
Division on the A.M. multiply
F.M. give it to the best one yet
GO!
and never what you want
and never what you get
and straight to the point to the best one
GO!
taking shortcuts and going to extremes, this D-I-V-I-D-E
Well now that's not exact but the point
is that rockers know the thieves
keep poverty rich but
It's not gonna get us what we need
Now they're waiting in streets
cause what else can we do
that'll make them see
No insurance no pill
not the part of the plan
that you've got that'll multiply and divide
multiply and divide
(That's right)
multiply and divide
(multiply and divide)
multiply and divide
(That's right)
Multiply and divide
(yeah)
STOP!
Get your head around me
you've got to think about it
LOOK!
At what's going on around you
LEARN!
How to think things through
and things that you can do to fight
They'll divide then multiply
Lyrics submitted by Pyrokinetic_Punker
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