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.
Watching TV just makes me sad
Too many people treating people too bad
There's no hope
My old lady, she sure gonna be mad
I just spent the last 50 bucks we had
On bad dope
East Nashville skyline
Crossing over to a state of mind
Leaving all my troubles way behind
That old Cumberland River
East Nashville skyline
Discount cigarettes, liquor, and wine
Anywhere, any time we deliver
I'm still mad about the Slow Bar
I guess that's the way things are
Something good comes along
Then it's gone
Kinda like the Phoenix Radio
We used to listen and where did it go?
It went off of the air so that more Sheryl Crow
Could c'mon, c'mon
East Nashville skyline
Crossing over to a state of mind
Leaving all my troubles way behind
That old Cumberland River
East Nashville skyline
Discount cigarettes, liquor, and wine
Anywhere, any time we deliver
Crossing the river, we play 'em our songs
They're probably right when they say we're all wrong for these days
So much for money, so much for "big"
Who needs the trouble, man, there's always a gig
At the Cafe, the Radio Cafe
East Nashville skyline
Crossing over to a state of mind
Leaving all my troubles way behind
That old Cumberland River
East Nashville skyline
Discount cigarettes, liquor, and wine
Anywhere, any time we deliver
Too many people treating people too bad
There's no hope
My old lady, she sure gonna be mad
I just spent the last 50 bucks we had
On bad dope
East Nashville skyline
Crossing over to a state of mind
Leaving all my troubles way behind
That old Cumberland River
East Nashville skyline
Discount cigarettes, liquor, and wine
Anywhere, any time we deliver
I'm still mad about the Slow Bar
I guess that's the way things are
Something good comes along
Then it's gone
Kinda like the Phoenix Radio
We used to listen and where did it go?
It went off of the air so that more Sheryl Crow
Could c'mon, c'mon
East Nashville skyline
Crossing over to a state of mind
Leaving all my troubles way behind
That old Cumberland River
East Nashville skyline
Discount cigarettes, liquor, and wine
Anywhere, any time we deliver
Crossing the river, we play 'em our songs
They're probably right when they say we're all wrong for these days
So much for money, so much for "big"
Who needs the trouble, man, there's always a gig
At the Cafe, the Radio Cafe
East Nashville skyline
Crossing over to a state of mind
Leaving all my troubles way behind
That old Cumberland River
East Nashville skyline
Discount cigarettes, liquor, and wine
Anywhere, any time we deliver
Lyrics submitted by UnpopularPoet
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