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.
We’ve reach our destination yet we’ve failed you
Dragged through our consequences in our wake we fall
Rise to the satisfaction
Holt to the pain we bare
With our demise we
Rise in all our glory
Rise to avenge our past
Rise as hearts ret glare
Rise with every heart beat Rise
Why have we use are pain as an excuse to fight so boldly
Here I am use me in every moment I have left
We fall
For those of you who hide in the shadows of our forefathers “We are hard press on every side but not crushed; Perplexed but not in despair; Persecuted but not abandoned; Struck down but not destroyed”.
Push though this final hour truth lies within destiny
We bow in your presence bring for the fallen world
Stand for what’s been promised we’ve reach our destination
Through out life we wave and falter and now we wage war
Hold me in your arms how patiently we wait for our own death
We wait for you lord to come and fill the emptiness inside me
Dragged through our consequences in our wake we fall
Rise to the satisfaction
Holt to the pain we bare
With our demise we
Rise in all our glory
Rise to avenge our past
Rise as hearts ret glare
Rise with every heart beat Rise
Why have we use are pain as an excuse to fight so boldly
Here I am use me in every moment I have left
We fall
For those of you who hide in the shadows of our forefathers “We are hard press on every side but not crushed; Perplexed but not in despair; Persecuted but not abandoned; Struck down but not destroyed”.
Push though this final hour truth lies within destiny
We bow in your presence bring for the fallen world
Stand for what’s been promised we’ve reach our destination
Through out life we wave and falter and now we wage war
Hold me in your arms how patiently we wait for our own death
We wait for you lord to come and fill the emptiness inside me
Lyrics submitted by TheDevilWearsPrada
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Lyrics Correction: We've reached our destination yet we've failed you. Dragged through our consequences in our wake we fall.
Rise to the satisfaction. Hold to the pain we bear. With our demise we: Rise in all our glory. Rise to avenge our past. Rise as hearts ret glare. Rise with every heart beat. Rise!
Why have we used our pain as an excuse to fight so boldly. Here I am use me in every moment I have left. We fall.
For those of you who hide in the shadows of our forefathers "We are hard pressed on every side but not crushed; Perplexed but not in despair; Persecuted but not abandoned; Struck down but not destroyed!"
Push through this final hour, truth lies within destiny. We bow in your presence, bring forth the fallen world. Stand for what's been promised, we've reached our destination. Throughout life we waver and falter and now we wage war.
Hold me in your arms, how patiently we wait for our own death. We wait for you oh Lord to come and fill the emptiness inside me.
Why have we used our pain as an excuse to fight so boldly. Here I am use me in every moment I have left.
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