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.
The other half is somewhere else
A plague in the dark
Whines like dogs
I am restless, I am lost
Time freezes all
Flawless eyes
The rope you used to tie yourself
Dreams enter planes
Scatter remains
I reach for you, belying your touch
Snow starts to blind
I confide
A plague in the dark
Whines like dogs
I am restless, I am lost
Time freezes all
Flawless eyes
The rope you used to tie yourself
Dreams enter planes
Scatter remains
I reach for you, belying your touch
Snow starts to blind
I confide
Lyrics submitted by Mr.Rabbit, edited by spiraleyes, CharlieBroon, Kosh72
Abandoner Lyrics as written by Steven John Wilson
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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After listening to a live version and to the two remixes here is what I get. There is only one line I really can't hear properly
The other half is somewhere else A plague in the dark whines like dogs
I am restless - I am lost Time freezes up flawless eyes.
Your rope you used to tie yourself dreams enter planes, scattered remains
I reach for you, but not your touch Snow starts to glide. I confide
It is definitely a "plague" in the dark - not a "play" and it is definitely "yourself" and not "your soul". I'm 95% sure it is "time freezes up" and not "all". The line that starts with "I reach for you..." is the one I can't figure out. I sounds like "benied" - like "denied" with a "b". There aren't enough syllables for "belying". It could be (and in my mind likely is): "but not"
@CharlieBroon <br /> First word of fourth stanza should be "The", not "Your": "The rope you used to tie yourself"