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 needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
I wouldn't mind a needle
I've just been on this road so long, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 2:
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Been all the way to Reno and parts of Cali forn
Been all the way down Reno and parts of Cali forn
I had some kind of luck there
Wished I never had been born, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 3:
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I went upon the signal hill
And there I made my stand
I went upon the signal hill
And there I made my stand
Bullets in my pocket
Semi- auto in my hand, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 4:
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Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
I wouldn't mind a needle
Just a- lying in a jail so long, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 5:
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Put me down into the chair
And then I close my eyes
They put me down in to the chair
Then I closed my eyes
Last words that I re member
Won't be long before you die, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 6:
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Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
I wouldn't mind a needle
Just a- lying in a grave so long...
Been all a round the world
Lyrics submitted by cellordore
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