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.
Let's take a trip
I bought the ticket to get out of here
So much to say
How could we ever say it, anyway?
I'm falling down the stairs for you
I'm talking to the ghost
Waking up without you
It's hard to understand but I know you're trying to
Don't give up on me
You're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I won't let go
You know you're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I'm in a dream
All these faces look the same to me
I make you cry
I know you're scared but you're still by my side
I'm falling down the stairs for you
Talking to myself
I fall asleep without you
It's hard to understand but you know I'm trying to
Don't give up on me
You're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I won't let go
You know you're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
So hold on
So hold on
I'm falling down the stairs for you
Talking to the ghost
Waking up without you
It's hard to understand but I know you're trying to
Don't give up on me
You're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I won't let go
You know you're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I swear it's the last time, again
I swear it's the last time
I bought the ticket to get out of here
So much to say
How could we ever say it, anyway?
I'm falling down the stairs for you
I'm talking to the ghost
Waking up without you
It's hard to understand but I know you're trying to
Don't give up on me
You're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I won't let go
You know you're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I'm in a dream
All these faces look the same to me
I make you cry
I know you're scared but you're still by my side
I'm falling down the stairs for you
Talking to myself
I fall asleep without you
It's hard to understand but you know I'm trying to
Don't give up on me
You're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I won't let go
You know you're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
So hold on
So hold on
I'm falling down the stairs for you
Talking to the ghost
Waking up without you
It's hard to understand but I know you're trying to
Don't give up on me
You're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I won't let go
You know you're all that I've got
I swear it's the last time, again
I swear it's the last time, again
I swear it's the last time
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky
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So depressing that there are no comments for this brilliant band... Well, at least they've got one comment now. Better than none, right? :)
It is kind of depressing that there are no... well, few comments here. I just read about this band in AP Magazine, and I am now obsessed. This is a really touching song, too. One of my favorites off their Nightmare album.