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.
I'm hanging on a threat
So much in me feels sick but I only want
To confront
What's meant for me with a hint of dignity
Dreadful to see
A life lived as a slave for the industry
Smothered fantasies
Gone down the drain along with the poison running through the vein
I've felt the temptation
Pleasure gained by addiction
But I won't trade my pride for feeling good
I'll suffer just as much as I need to
I am not the one who's waiting for you
(Waiting for you)
I won't give in I belong to no one
I am not the one with a guilty conscience
(Guilty conscience)
But is it wrong to belong to no one
I learned the hard way
To appreciate myself too much to love
Unconditionally
But so much control has left a hole in me
Suspicions wear me down
I will never be completely free
I'm a servant
Of my obsession to question everything
I've felt the temptation
Happiness gained by illusions
But I won't deceive my mind with substitutes
I'll rather grow as much as I need to
I am not the one who's waiting for you
(Waiting for you)
I won't give in I belong to no one
I am not the one with a guilty conscience
(Guilty conscience)
But is it wrong to belong to no one
In the midst of chaos
On these decadent streets
I stand at the crossroads
Should I pretend or surrender
I am not the one who's waiting for you
(Waiting for you)
I won't give in I belong to no one
I am not the one with a guilty conscience
(Guilty conscience)
But is it wrong to belong
To no one
So much in me feels sick but I only want
To confront
What's meant for me with a hint of dignity
Dreadful to see
A life lived as a slave for the industry
Smothered fantasies
Gone down the drain along with the poison running through the vein
I've felt the temptation
Pleasure gained by addiction
But I won't trade my pride for feeling good
I'll suffer just as much as I need to
I am not the one who's waiting for you
(Waiting for you)
I won't give in I belong to no one
I am not the one with a guilty conscience
(Guilty conscience)
But is it wrong to belong to no one
I learned the hard way
To appreciate myself too much to love
Unconditionally
But so much control has left a hole in me
Suspicions wear me down
I will never be completely free
I'm a servant
Of my obsession to question everything
I've felt the temptation
Happiness gained by illusions
But I won't deceive my mind with substitutes
I'll rather grow as much as I need to
I am not the one who's waiting for you
(Waiting for you)
I won't give in I belong to no one
I am not the one with a guilty conscience
(Guilty conscience)
But is it wrong to belong to no one
In the midst of chaos
On these decadent streets
I stand at the crossroads
Should I pretend or surrender
I am not the one who's waiting for you
(Waiting for you)
I won't give in I belong to no one
I am not the one with a guilty conscience
(Guilty conscience)
But is it wrong to belong
To no one
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