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.
Time is a cold wind blowing through the leaves
Of a tired old tree I sit [sing?] beneath
Where I think about the world and I don’t know how
What will happen to us now?
And peace is a ladder up to the clouds
That I’m wishing I could climb but I don’t know how
So would you lend me a hand to the promise land
Where I made[?] it glory bound
And it comes and it goes
Where it’s headed, no one knows
And we come and we go
All the saints and the liars, sittin’ by the fire
What will happen to us now?
And hatred is a sharp knife held by the blade
It’s cutting in your palm ‘til you feel no pain
And burning in your eyes with a righteous rage
‘Til the ashes blow away
And love is a thing that you can't define
Though you try with all your might through the riddles and rhymes
But it'll fly you like a kite; it'll throw you to the ground
But that's the best thing I have found.
And it comes and it goes
Where it’s headed no one knows
And we come and we go
Like the winter and the spring
Losing everything just to gain it back again
And oh, how pretty is the middle of June? [4 times]
Of a tired old tree I sit [sing?] beneath
Where I think about the world and I don’t know how
What will happen to us now?
And peace is a ladder up to the clouds
That I’m wishing I could climb but I don’t know how
So would you lend me a hand to the promise land
Where I made[?] it glory bound
And it comes and it goes
Where it’s headed, no one knows
And we come and we go
All the saints and the liars, sittin’ by the fire
What will happen to us now?
And hatred is a sharp knife held by the blade
It’s cutting in your palm ‘til you feel no pain
And burning in your eyes with a righteous rage
‘Til the ashes blow away
And love is a thing that you can't define
Though you try with all your might through the riddles and rhymes
But it'll fly you like a kite; it'll throw you to the ground
But that's the best thing I have found.
And it comes and it goes
Where it’s headed no one knows
And we come and we go
Like the winter and the spring
Losing everything just to gain it back again
And oh, how pretty is the middle of June? [4 times]
Lyrics submitted by flowers792
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Trying to explain a meaning for this song is a bit like listening to a child ask "Why" to every answer you give him. Even if you wanted to answer, the questions will never stop. Noah is a young man, finding his place in a world of hurt and pain. I relate to these lyrics from my own struggles and I love that he finds a perspective that doesn't answer his unasked questions, but rather describes what he's found on his journey. Time, Peace, Hate, Love all swirl around his heart, and though he desires the solid truth of it all, he can only share what he knows.
There are definitely religious undertones and there are some metaphors that I could guess at. Is "how pretty is the Middle of June" referring to the season and trying to leave us with something upbeat after a sorrow-filled couple verses.. or to this time of his life, June being in the middle of the year, and him being 20-something, almost-mockingly saying that this should be the "pretty" or "best" time of his life?
Being about his age myself, and searching for similar answers to my own unasked questions, I love this song and can't wait to see what else this kid can put together.