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.
He bottles up problems
Because nothing's gonna solve them now
(Just kill the sound..)
Then she and all her girlfriends
They go out dressed in purple satin
Choking back the fashions
Hoping shit will happen
Here right now
(make up your mind, stop wasting time)
Will tell... dare you do I?
Fuck that!!!
First he tells you one thing,
Even when his eyes say
"I'm sorry.. (I'm slipping once again)"
I hate to say I told you
I hate to say I told you anything at all...
You never listen anyways
You don't know what I am capable of
Keep this knife by my side, until I die
You don't know what I am capable of
This is how Hollywood kills revolutions
And this is where the shit has to stop
Breeding a counter-culture of traitors and whores
Nurturing their greed because money means more
This city is a disease spreading and sucking life
From almost every pure thing
Cocaine and drinks is how they are raised
And fucking their way to the party from which they came
Just like Mommy and Daddy did.
Aren't they the reason you're a mistake, kid?
I'm alright on my own
With you on the other side of the world
So I guess that you see
As plain as I can be
The initials 'LA' aren't in my vocabulary
Because nothing's gonna solve them now
(Just kill the sound..)
Then she and all her girlfriends
They go out dressed in purple satin
Choking back the fashions
Hoping shit will happen
Here right now
(make up your mind, stop wasting time)
Will tell... dare you do I?
Fuck that!!!
First he tells you one thing,
Even when his eyes say
"I'm sorry.. (I'm slipping once again)"
I hate to say I told you
I hate to say I told you anything at all...
You never listen anyways
You don't know what I am capable of
Keep this knife by my side, until I die
You don't know what I am capable of
This is how Hollywood kills revolutions
And this is where the shit has to stop
Breeding a counter-culture of traitors and whores
Nurturing their greed because money means more
This city is a disease spreading and sucking life
From almost every pure thing
Cocaine and drinks is how they are raised
And fucking their way to the party from which they came
Just like Mommy and Daddy did.
Aren't they the reason you're a mistake, kid?
I'm alright on my own
With you on the other side of the world
So I guess that you see
As plain as I can be
The initials 'LA' aren't in my vocabulary
Lyrics submitted by thefoxykyle
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Song is great except for the "This is how Hollywood..." part. Can't believe they actually let Thomas record that
IRT above
Why?
i'm happy they let him record it. the great thing about fall of troy is about how frankly brutal they are. it is a shitty thing about LA. i live here, and finding a nice honest person is near fucking impossible.