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.
The same two lips that once told me they loved me
Are the same two lips that now tell me goodbye
And the same two hands that once held mine so tightly
Are the same two hands that now push me aside
The same two eyes that looked at me so fondly
Are the same two eyes that look at someone else
And the same two lips I've taught to say I love you
Now teach, I love you, to somebody else
They say that time will change us all completely
And I guess that we're no different, me and you
Well there was a time we got along so sweetly
But that old feelin's gone and there's nothin' we can do
The same two arms that once held me so tightly
Are the same two arms that now hold someone else
And the same two lips I've taught to say I love you
Now teach, I love you, to somebody else
Are the same two lips that now tell me goodbye
And the same two hands that once held mine so tightly
Are the same two hands that now push me aside
The same two eyes that looked at me so fondly
Are the same two eyes that look at someone else
And the same two lips I've taught to say I love you
Now teach, I love you, to somebody else
They say that time will change us all completely
And I guess that we're no different, me and you
Well there was a time we got along so sweetly
But that old feelin's gone and there's nothin' we can do
The same two arms that once held me so tightly
Are the same two arms that now hold someone else
And the same two lips I've taught to say I love you
Now teach, I love you, to somebody else
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The Same Two Lips Lyrics as written by Marty Robbins
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