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.
""Dark clouds On the horizon Like thoughts Within your mind Deep within Cold and darkness You know it's our time The world goes on Wthout you The evil survives The world weeps more Day by day No one even tries Life foreclosed And payment is due It's the end For me and you Lie in destruction seduction The cries We are the destroyers of life We are the bringers of pain We are the last ones alive We know that it's true Yes we know that it's true Endless war A trade of men Endless hate All we understand Endless poor Hold out their hand Endless greed Just turned around Hold out their hand Endless greed Just turned around The world looks On in anguish I'd like to decide Life foreclosed And payment is due It's the end For me and you Lie in destruction Anger seduction The cries We are the destroyers of life We are the bringers of pain We are the last ones alive We know that it's true Oh we know that it's true -Solo- We are the destroyers of life We are the bringers of pain We are the last ones alive We know that it's true Oh we know that it's true We are the destroyers of life (Destroyers of life) We are the bringers of pain We are the last ones alive (Last ones alive) We know that it's true Yes we know that it's true Life foreclosed Life foreclosed Life foreclosed Life foreclosed""
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