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.
And I'll be the train
That keeps on rollin'
Up up around the bend
I'll be the voice that you hear callin'
Howlin' on the wind
I'll be the river deep
Runnin' through your sleep
And I'll be the hand
That keeps on a-knockin'
Up up against your door
I'll be the promise never broken
O forever more
Every vow I make
O I won't forsake
'Cause I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
You won't forget my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Someday you'll know my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see
O I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Don't give me money money money
It'll lead my soul astray
I just want to be inside your temple
Each and every day
When you lay down your head
I will be your bed
And I'll be the heart
That keeps on a-beatin'
Hard up against your skin
I'll be the bulldozer pushin'
'Til you let me in
And when the sun goes down
I will be around
'Cause I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
You won't forget my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Someday you'll know my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see
O I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
To get what I wanna get
I'll be the red red wine
Going straight to your head
And I'll be the train
That keeps on rollin'
Up up around the bend
I'll be the horse that keeps on rockin'
This ride will never end
O when the sun goes down
I will be around
'Cause I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
You won't forget my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Someday you'll know my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Come lean on me 'cause I wanna be
The keeper of the flame
I won't ever let it fade
Long as our love is in the rain
I want you to call out my name
And wait and see
O I'm gonna be
The Keeper Of The Flame
That keeps on rollin'
Up up around the bend
I'll be the voice that you hear callin'
Howlin' on the wind
I'll be the river deep
Runnin' through your sleep
And I'll be the hand
That keeps on a-knockin'
Up up against your door
I'll be the promise never broken
O forever more
Every vow I make
O I won't forsake
'Cause I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
You won't forget my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Someday you'll know my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see
O I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Don't give me money money money
It'll lead my soul astray
I just want to be inside your temple
Each and every day
When you lay down your head
I will be your bed
And I'll be the heart
That keeps on a-beatin'
Hard up against your skin
I'll be the bulldozer pushin'
'Til you let me in
And when the sun goes down
I will be around
'Cause I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
You won't forget my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Someday you'll know my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see
O I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
To get what I wanna get
I'll be the red red wine
Going straight to your head
And I'll be the train
That keeps on rollin'
Up up around the bend
I'll be the horse that keeps on rockin'
This ride will never end
O when the sun goes down
I will be around
'Cause I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
You won't forget my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Wait and see I'm gonna be
The keeper of the flame
Someday you'll know my name
Long as our love is in the rain
Come lean on me 'cause I wanna be
The keeper of the flame
I won't ever let it fade
Long as our love is in the rain
I want you to call out my name
And wait and see
O I'm gonna be
The Keeper Of The Flame
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Keeper of the Flame Lyrics as written by Martin Page
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