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.
Check, check one two, alright here goes nothin
If timings everything stop telling me you're taking your time
I know you're anxious but you're running your mouth like you're five
Years old again
It's so hard to pretend
Like I know everything
I don't know anything
I wanted you to see
That I got nothin
I'll sit back
And I'll watch the show
Yeah I'll watch the show
And I'll lay awake
And I'll watch the stars as they collide
In my eyes they don't see
And I don't breathe the way I used to
Yeah my lips whoa, they don't sing
And I won't be the way I was on that night
Steady breathing
Is all I can advise to a girl with a sweet tooth for revenge
I know I'm crazy but it's so hard to pretend
Like I know everything
I don't know anything
I wanted you to see
I'll sit back
And I'll watch the show
Yeah I'll watch the show
And I'll lay awake
And I'll watch the stars as they collide
In my eyes they don't see
And I don't breathe the way I used to
Yeah my lips whoa, they don't sing
And I won't be the way I was on that night
Was the night everybody agreed I was wrong about you
I told them you were being so strong
I knew you were a liar,
I knew you were a liar from the start
Was the night everybody agreed I was wrong about you
I told them you were being so strong
I knew you were a liar,
I knew you were a liar from the start
Don't treat me like I'm playing a game
'Cause baby I don't want to lose,
Baby I don't want to risk it all for you
In my eyes they don't see
And I don't breathe the way I used to
Yeah my lips whoa, they don't sing
And I won't be the way I was on that night
If timings everything stop telling me you're taking your time
I know you're anxious but you're running your mouth like you're five
Years old again
It's so hard to pretend
Like I know everything
I don't know anything
I wanted you to see
That I got nothin
I'll sit back
And I'll watch the show
Yeah I'll watch the show
And I'll lay awake
And I'll watch the stars as they collide
In my eyes they don't see
And I don't breathe the way I used to
Yeah my lips whoa, they don't sing
And I won't be the way I was on that night
Steady breathing
Is all I can advise to a girl with a sweet tooth for revenge
I know I'm crazy but it's so hard to pretend
Like I know everything
I don't know anything
I wanted you to see
I'll sit back
And I'll watch the show
Yeah I'll watch the show
And I'll lay awake
And I'll watch the stars as they collide
In my eyes they don't see
And I don't breathe the way I used to
Yeah my lips whoa, they don't sing
And I won't be the way I was on that night
Was the night everybody agreed I was wrong about you
I told them you were being so strong
I knew you were a liar,
I knew you were a liar from the start
Was the night everybody agreed I was wrong about you
I told them you were being so strong
I knew you were a liar,
I knew you were a liar from the start
Don't treat me like I'm playing a game
'Cause baby I don't want to lose,
Baby I don't want to risk it all for you
In my eyes they don't see
And I don't breathe the way I used to
Yeah my lips whoa, they don't sing
And I won't be the way I was on that night
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These are the lyrics to the demo version. The new version has another part at the end.
"(It was) Tonight everybody agreed I was wrong about you. I told them you were being so strong. I knew you were a liar. I knew you were a liar from the start. (x2)
Don't treat me like I'm playing a game 'cause baby I don't wanna lose, baby I don't wanna risk it all for you." x3