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 wakes up to shave with a rusty razor blade
That dim reflection says that he’s a man today
And not a boy which until previously had been employed
By those who know It’s a pleasure and Oh you’re a treasure
I feel better with just a measure of
Poison for the lady who’s expecting his dear baby
it’s only a matter of time Till he wakes up face down
on the Bedroom floor and his wallet is gone and it’s almost four
And he meant to meet the girl…
But it seems that someone else took initiative
In fulfilling this, and you can’t forgive
What a sensitive Subject for her slim physique
I wish to hold my tongue but speak, 'cause
It’s not a baby, It’s a china doll
You’ve got some nerve – You’re never here at all
She tells you maybe just to make you fall
But she’s no lady she’s just mean and
Cruel to be kind
Saintly inside
Now I need to lay my head down to rest
this situation’s gone from a mockery into a Mess
she’s not your type I understand
it’s not that easy to let it go
but you’ll never know
how to take it slow
and be comfortably blind to all her cruel convictions
shame that you can’t see that...
she’s playing you all for a fool
She's got a bone to pick with everyone I know
So stop your crying there below
It’s not a baby, It’s a china doll
You’ve got some nerve – You’re never here at all
She tells you maybe just to make you fall
But she’s no lady she’s just mean and...
Not my problem!
That dim reflection says that he’s a man today
And not a boy which until previously had been employed
By those who know It’s a pleasure and Oh you’re a treasure
I feel better with just a measure of
Poison for the lady who’s expecting his dear baby
it’s only a matter of time Till he wakes up face down
on the Bedroom floor and his wallet is gone and it’s almost four
And he meant to meet the girl…
But it seems that someone else took initiative
In fulfilling this, and you can’t forgive
What a sensitive Subject for her slim physique
I wish to hold my tongue but speak, 'cause
It’s not a baby, It’s a china doll
You’ve got some nerve – You’re never here at all
She tells you maybe just to make you fall
But she’s no lady she’s just mean and
Cruel to be kind
Saintly inside
Now I need to lay my head down to rest
this situation’s gone from a mockery into a Mess
she’s not your type I understand
it’s not that easy to let it go
but you’ll never know
how to take it slow
and be comfortably blind to all her cruel convictions
shame that you can’t see that...
she’s playing you all for a fool
She's got a bone to pick with everyone I know
So stop your crying there below
It’s not a baby, It’s a china doll
You’ve got some nerve – You’re never here at all
She tells you maybe just to make you fall
But she’s no lady she’s just mean and...
Not my problem!
Lyrics submitted by opheliacinme, edited by DrErsatz
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