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.
Pony ride (into the future!)
How do we know what we will find
And will it be better?
We galloped through time
We got there just fine
The people were flying
With jet packs strapped onto their backs!
Pony ride (into the future!)
Who would have thought
A circus in town could be so enlightening?
They gathered around us when we arrived
They were so inviting
Their robots helped us with our bags
We ain't ever coming back
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And flung into the sun
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And flung into the sun
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And flung into the sun
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And everybody sung. . .
(Woo hoo! Woo hoo!)
Lalalalalala!
Lalalalalala la!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
Pony ride (into the future!)
How do we know what we will find
And will it be better?
We galloped through time
We got there just fine
The people were flying
With jet packs strapped onto their backs!
Pony ride (into the future!)
Who would have thought
A circus in town could be so enlightening?
They gathered around us when we arrived
They were so inviting
Their robots helped us with our bags
We ain't ever coming back
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And flung into the sun
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And flung into the sun
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And flung into the sun
The rayguns, the rayguns
Have all been banished
And everybody sung. . .
(Woo hoo! Woo hoo!)
Lalalalalala!
Lalalalalala la!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
LALALALALALA!
LALALALALALA LA!
Pony ride (into the future!)
Lyrics submitted by Imber
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