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.
Hey now, there now,
It's a game to be played out
Amongst thieves of the heart
And the whores of the ego
Hey now, there now
Kiss everyone's ailments
See them rise up,
Exalt and illuminate, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Humanity is a deer in the headlights
The road is covered in blood
Free yourself with a dagger from above
A crossbow of faith
You sold your heart for the primal experience
Gave up on love for a medal malevolent
You fill yourself with the fire of innocence
A karmic stain will bring back through the gates again
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
You want in me what you see is a testament
You never know when you love what you'll manifest
I'm Joan of Arc on a mission avenge loves death
I'm gonna win I'll never give in
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
It's a game to be played out
Amongst thieves of the heart
And the whores of the ego
Hey now, there now
Kiss everyone's ailments
See them rise up,
Exalt and illuminate, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Humanity is a deer in the headlights
The road is covered in blood
Free yourself with a dagger from above
A crossbow of faith
You sold your heart for the primal experience
Gave up on love for a medal malevolent
You fill yourself with the fire of innocence
A karmic stain will bring back through the gates again
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
You want in me what you see is a testament
You never know when you love what you'll manifest
I'm Joan of Arc on a mission avenge loves death
I'm gonna win I'll never give in
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
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Ghetto Love Lyrics as written by Brody Dalle Alan Moschulski
Lyrics © MCDMAN MUSIC
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I liked The distillers more, but spinnerette is brilliant.