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.
There's a tree in my yard and it killed all the other plants
And showed no remorse but even nature's a bitch
So that bitch is gonna take her course
It dominates the lawn and it doesn't seem right
It played out like that
But you won't hear me complain 'cause it don't look bad
Would you trust your life
To traffic lights
And strangers' hands
Near every night?
I'll sing in time
With the crashing cars
And all sounds that carry
To my front yard
And I will be the one who knows what's coming to me
I'm gonna know, I'll know, I'll know what's coming to me
If I were a ghost, I'd fuck with everybody I know
Shake the walls on each house
And each attic above so keep your ear to the ground
I'd carve "hello" into the rafter with a bent-up fork
So you can read it next time
You go up there to push something out of sight and mind
Would you trust your life
To traffic lights
And strangers' hands
Near every night?
I'll sing in time
With the crashing cars
And all sounds that carry
To my front yard
And I'll be the one who knows what's coming to me
I'm gonna know, I'll know, I'll know what's coming to me
Bullets may fly
From chambers, slow
But straight and steady
So still they go
And weave around
Houses and trees
In search of you
In search of me
And I'll be the one who knows what's coming to me
I'm gonna know, I'll know, I'll know what's coming to me
And showed no remorse but even nature's a bitch
So that bitch is gonna take her course
It dominates the lawn and it doesn't seem right
It played out like that
But you won't hear me complain 'cause it don't look bad
Would you trust your life
To traffic lights
And strangers' hands
Near every night?
I'll sing in time
With the crashing cars
And all sounds that carry
To my front yard
And I will be the one who knows what's coming to me
I'm gonna know, I'll know, I'll know what's coming to me
If I were a ghost, I'd fuck with everybody I know
Shake the walls on each house
And each attic above so keep your ear to the ground
I'd carve "hello" into the rafter with a bent-up fork
So you can read it next time
You go up there to push something out of sight and mind
Would you trust your life
To traffic lights
And strangers' hands
Near every night?
I'll sing in time
With the crashing cars
And all sounds that carry
To my front yard
And I'll be the one who knows what's coming to me
I'm gonna know, I'll know, I'll know what's coming to me
Bullets may fly
From chambers, slow
But straight and steady
So still they go
And weave around
Houses and trees
In search of you
In search of me
And I'll be the one who knows what's coming to me
I'm gonna know, I'll know, I'll know what's coming to me
Lyrics submitted by tippy_typewriter
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