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.
You gotta feel sorry for the guy
Oh, no reason - just brother feelin'
You gotta feel sorry for the guy
No reason but brother feelin'
A man in the rain hat had to have his say,
Live and let live
The old man watches the water rise
Man, everybody knows something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
And when it goes it starts rollin' out of everywhere
Through floorboards,
Cracks in walls,
Oozin' down the chimney, halls
A real son of blob job
Welcome to our town
People swept along
People swept along and how?
With goats,
Cats,
Dogs and hats,
Oozin' down the chimney backs
A real son of blob job
The man in the rain hat had to have his say,
Live and let live
The old man watches the water rise
Man, everybody knows something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Nations rise and fall,
Dentist appointments forgotten by great and small
Mighty or humble,
Wise man or fool,
Rivulet or old man river.
Flaps flippin' out of slots every which-a-way.
And when it goes it starts rollin' out of everywhere.
The man in the rain hat had to have his say,
Live and let live
The old man watches the water rise
Man, everybody knows something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Oh, no reason - just brother feelin'
You gotta feel sorry for the guy
No reason but brother feelin'
A man in the rain hat had to have his say,
Live and let live
The old man watches the water rise
Man, everybody knows something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
And when it goes it starts rollin' out of everywhere
Through floorboards,
Cracks in walls,
Oozin' down the chimney, halls
A real son of blob job
Welcome to our town
People swept along
People swept along and how?
With goats,
Cats,
Dogs and hats,
Oozin' down the chimney backs
A real son of blob job
The man in the rain hat had to have his say,
Live and let live
The old man watches the water rise
Man, everybody knows something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Nations rise and fall,
Dentist appointments forgotten by great and small
Mighty or humble,
Wise man or fool,
Rivulet or old man river.
Flaps flippin' out of slots every which-a-way.
And when it goes it starts rollin' out of everywhere.
The man in the rain hat had to have his say,
Live and let live
The old man watches the water rise
Man, everybody knows something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Lyrics submitted by AlgernonMabus
Something's Gotta Give Lyrics as written by Johnny Mercer
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