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.
Look into the light
What do you see?
Yellow burns orange-now blue and green
Phantoms in your vision over all that you see
The damage is done to your desperate life
but you love the feeling and won't be denied
Once is Enough
The moment passes
Echoes and rings
You see the color
You hear the song sing
1 - 2 - 3
H THE B (x4)
HORSE THE BAND! (x3)
HORSE THE MOTHERFUCKING BAND MOTHERFUCKERS!
Like a meteor strike! Atomizing everything in a sphere of
light
Like a lion attack! Teeth and claws covered with the meat
of your back
It cuts you up just to try
How do you sleep at night?
It cuts me up every time
and I don't know why.
Come on! Come on! Come on!
This is like an earthquake! Find you balance and start to
shake
come on! Come on! Come on!
Like an exploding sun... everything is done..
It cuts you up just to try
How do you sleep at night?
It cuts me up every time
and i don't know why.
Living at the top
Living at the top
Living at the top
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FUCKING BOTTOM.
What do you see?
Yellow burns orange-now blue and green
Phantoms in your vision over all that you see
The damage is done to your desperate life
but you love the feeling and won't be denied
Once is Enough
The moment passes
Echoes and rings
You see the color
You hear the song sing
1 - 2 - 3
H THE B (x4)
HORSE THE BAND! (x3)
HORSE THE MOTHERFUCKING BAND MOTHERFUCKERS!
Like a meteor strike! Atomizing everything in a sphere of
light
Like a lion attack! Teeth and claws covered with the meat
of your back
It cuts you up just to try
How do you sleep at night?
It cuts me up every time
and I don't know why.
Come on! Come on! Come on!
This is like an earthquake! Find you balance and start to
shake
come on! Come on! Come on!
Like an exploding sun... everything is done..
It cuts you up just to try
How do you sleep at night?
It cuts me up every time
and i don't know why.
Living at the top
Living at the top
Living at the top
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FUCKING BOTTOM.
Lyrics submitted by MattSven, edited by A Modest Anarchist
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