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.
Mmm-mmm-mmm, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, ooh
Yeah, I feel I'm watered down
Whenever he's around
I put on the crown of clowns
And melt slowly to the ground
Yeah, I feel it coming on
When I've been static for too long
And an explosion comes in time
Before I go and cross the line
They say you used to be so kind
I never knew you had such a dirty mind
Well, I went to the doctors believing
The devil had control over me and
I was finding it hard to breathe in
Finding it hard to fight the feeling
When my heart just burst like a glass balloon
I let it fly too high and it shattered too soon
I was the wrong damn girl in the wrong damn room
I broke my glass balloon
I let go of my glass balloon
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
They call him Hermit the Frog
He's looking for a dog
Did you find your bitch in me?
Oh, you're abominable, socially
You're just a little bit too much like me
She says you used to be so kind
Well, baby, I give you your dirty mind
Well, I, I wanna tell you a secret
You can take your double standard love and keep it
I can't help the devil likes to make my heart a double bed
And I can't help he sometimes like to come
And rest his little head
When my heart just burst like a glass balloon
I let it fly too high and it shattered too soon
I was the wrong damn girl in the wrong damn room
I broke my glass balloon
I let go of my glass balloon
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Oh, my heart just burst like a glass balloon
We let them fly too high and they shattered too soon
Are we the wrong damn people in the wrong damn room?
We broke our glass balloons
We let go of our glass balloons
We broke our glass balloons
Let go of my glass balloon
Oh, oh, ooh
Yeah, I feel I'm watered down
Whenever he's around
I put on the crown of clowns
And melt slowly to the ground
Yeah, I feel it coming on
When I've been static for too long
And an explosion comes in time
Before I go and cross the line
They say you used to be so kind
I never knew you had such a dirty mind
Well, I went to the doctors believing
The devil had control over me and
I was finding it hard to breathe in
Finding it hard to fight the feeling
When my heart just burst like a glass balloon
I let it fly too high and it shattered too soon
I was the wrong damn girl in the wrong damn room
I broke my glass balloon
I let go of my glass balloon
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
They call him Hermit the Frog
He's looking for a dog
Did you find your bitch in me?
Oh, you're abominable, socially
You're just a little bit too much like me
She says you used to be so kind
Well, baby, I give you your dirty mind
Well, I, I wanna tell you a secret
You can take your double standard love and keep it
I can't help the devil likes to make my heart a double bed
And I can't help he sometimes like to come
And rest his little head
When my heart just burst like a glass balloon
I let it fly too high and it shattered too soon
I was the wrong damn girl in the wrong damn room
I broke my glass balloon
I let go of my glass balloon
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum
Oh, my heart just burst like a glass balloon
We let them fly too high and they shattered too soon
Are we the wrong damn people in the wrong damn room?
We broke our glass balloons
We let go of our glass balloons
We broke our glass balloons
Let go of my glass balloon
Lyrics submitted by jo_taylor_joe, edited by Mellow_Harsher, tiatbh, MarinasDiamond, queertopia, Chideyaj, AuroraDove, leelabkny, ZuzuA
Hermit the Frog Lyrics as written by Marina Lambrini Diamandis
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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for some reason i relate to this song.