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.
No rhyme in relics passed the hands that made
The storytelling, the times, beg for change
Can we stand for reason and the things we know are sound?
See, I chewed the bitter pill. Did you just swallow down?
This year I did away with riding fences
When it comes to doubt and be damned, I'll take my chances
There are days I catch the sunrise and it hits me like it does
But I don't see a tailor's trademark, I see light and dust
Miss Street-Prophet in the black car, she's not alone
She saw something in my face, living easy with the unknown
We talk of religion. She asks if I'm seeing
She asks if I can see the wind
Can we stand for the reason and the things we know are sound?
See, I chewed the bitter pill. Did you just swallow down?
All we live for is now or never (All we live for)
All we live for is now or never (Now or never)
Live with all your nature live with light on the narrators
Now or never
The storytelling, the times, beg for change
Can we stand for reason and the things we know are sound?
See, I chewed the bitter pill. Did you just swallow down?
This year I did away with riding fences
When it comes to doubt and be damned, I'll take my chances
There are days I catch the sunrise and it hits me like it does
But I don't see a tailor's trademark, I see light and dust
Miss Street-Prophet in the black car, she's not alone
She saw something in my face, living easy with the unknown
We talk of religion. She asks if I'm seeing
She asks if I can see the wind
Can we stand for the reason and the things we know are sound?
See, I chewed the bitter pill. Did you just swallow down?
All we live for is now or never (All we live for)
All we live for is now or never (Now or never)
Live with all your nature live with light on the narrators
Now or never
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