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.
Forty-first minute, sixteenth hour
The milk you left out’s turned sweet and sour
It’s all over (all over me)
And it’s potent like the first time we believed
Things got jumbled; ebony seemed ivory
You see, I won’t be whistling your tunes anymore
But they’ll be lapping round and round and round my head
You made the first move
I love that you made the first move but
Close to being close is not enough
To keep me bright when my bones are rattled bare
I can’t ask you to keep on, but if
You turn full circle you might see me standing there
If somewhere there’s a place aside
Where truth and dreams collide
Maybe they’ve run out of tickets for two
Sometimes dreams seemed better company than you (sorry)
Half complete in my cocoon (a bit too soon)
So I’ll wait for dangerous days
Comfort’s not the path to safety in the end
We’re going places
I love that you’re going places without me, cause
Close to being close is not enough
To keep me bright when my bones are rattled bare
I can’t ask you to keep on, but if
You turn full circle you might see me standing there
I’m pressing down fingers and fists all at once
The problem is I’m slamming down fingers and fists all at once
And this is no piano; this is no piano
You made the first move
I love that you made the first move… but
Close to being close is not enough
To keep me bright when my bones are rattled bare
I can’t ask you to keep on
Close isn’t close enough
To keep me bright, to keep you bright
I don’t want you to go on, so if
You turn full circle you won’t see me standing there
The milk you left out’s turned sweet and sour
It’s all over (all over me)
And it’s potent like the first time we believed
Things got jumbled; ebony seemed ivory
You see, I won’t be whistling your tunes anymore
But they’ll be lapping round and round and round my head
You made the first move
I love that you made the first move but
Close to being close is not enough
To keep me bright when my bones are rattled bare
I can’t ask you to keep on, but if
You turn full circle you might see me standing there
If somewhere there’s a place aside
Where truth and dreams collide
Maybe they’ve run out of tickets for two
Sometimes dreams seemed better company than you (sorry)
Half complete in my cocoon (a bit too soon)
So I’ll wait for dangerous days
Comfort’s not the path to safety in the end
We’re going places
I love that you’re going places without me, cause
Close to being close is not enough
To keep me bright when my bones are rattled bare
I can’t ask you to keep on, but if
You turn full circle you might see me standing there
I’m pressing down fingers and fists all at once
The problem is I’m slamming down fingers and fists all at once
And this is no piano; this is no piano
You made the first move
I love that you made the first move… but
Close to being close is not enough
To keep me bright when my bones are rattled bare
I can’t ask you to keep on
Close isn’t close enough
To keep me bright, to keep you bright
I don’t want you to go on, so if
You turn full circle you won’t see me standing there
Lyrics submitted by Bear.
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