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.
Little light, lead us through the night
And if we die, burn down the forest
Chariots, carry us
Distances we don't care to walk
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
Why doesn't anyone I know sleep?
Are they all just scared of their dreams?
When they lay their heads down at night
What are they haunted by?
Why won't anyone just close their eyes?
Could it hurt them to rest for a while?
Do they need their friends to be a lover?
Or a lover to be a friend?
Because I'm on my way to hell
Well, I've tried God knows that I've tried
I'm on my way to hell
One time, two times
Three times again
Sitting duck, running out of luck
Our car's stuck on the train crossing
How am I ever gonna know peace?
How will I ever see your light through the trees?
I want to burn down everything we've begun
I want to kill and eat my young
Because I'm on my way to hell
Well, I've tried God knows that I've tried
I'm on my way to hell
One time, two time
Three time again
I'm on my way to hell
Well, I've tried God knows that I've tried
I'm on my way to hell
One time, two time
Three time again
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
Oft times clouded is the ray
That in heaven beckons me
Oft my wandering heart is lured
On some bypath far from thee
Father, when my footsteps stray
Guide me back into thy way
Father with thee, oh, let me be
On life's highway, god with thee
And if we die, burn down the forest
Chariots, carry us
Distances we don't care to walk
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
Why doesn't anyone I know sleep?
Are they all just scared of their dreams?
When they lay their heads down at night
What are they haunted by?
Why won't anyone just close their eyes?
Could it hurt them to rest for a while?
Do they need their friends to be a lover?
Or a lover to be a friend?
Because I'm on my way to hell
Well, I've tried God knows that I've tried
I'm on my way to hell
One time, two times
Three times again
Sitting duck, running out of luck
Our car's stuck on the train crossing
How am I ever gonna know peace?
How will I ever see your light through the trees?
I want to burn down everything we've begun
I want to kill and eat my young
Because I'm on my way to hell
Well, I've tried God knows that I've tried
I'm on my way to hell
One time, two time
Three time again
I'm on my way to hell
Well, I've tried God knows that I've tried
I'm on my way to hell
One time, two time
Three time again
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
I'm on my way to hell
Oft times clouded is the ray
That in heaven beckons me
Oft my wandering heart is lured
On some bypath far from thee
Father, when my footsteps stray
Guide me back into thy way
Father with thee, oh, let me be
On life's highway, god with thee
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Noro Lyrics as written by Vincent Accardi
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