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.
We've got blue skies
We've got blue skies
It seems like only yesterday
You gave your love to me
And we made a vow that through the years
Our love would always be
Whenever doubts would fill my mind
You'd brush my fears away
Look into my eyes and hold me close
And this is what you'd say
We've got blue skies, now can't you see?
There'll never ever be another love for me
The pleasant dreams we shared
Made our love stronger with each day
And the fears that haunted me
Seemed like a million miles away
When friends we knew would come to me
With lies about your love
I'd tell them happiness and sunny skies
Are all we're thinking of (we're thinking of)
We're so in love (we're so in love)
We're thinking of (we're thinking of)
Blue skies
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Blue skies
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Yeah, I see you there, you're kissing him
How can this really be?
Well, I guess it's time to realize
My dreams are more than me
And as I walk off thinking
What a fool I must have been
Like an echo from my lips today
I hear you telling him (telling him)
We've got blue skies, now can't you see?
There'll never ever be another love for me
We've got blue skies, now can't you see?
There'll never ever be another love for me
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(Blue skies, now can't you see?)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(There'll never ever be another love for me)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies, oh baby
(Blue skies, now can't you see?)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(There'll never ever be another love for me)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(Blue skies, now can't you see?)
We've got blue skies
It seems like only yesterday
You gave your love to me
And we made a vow that through the years
Our love would always be
Whenever doubts would fill my mind
You'd brush my fears away
Look into my eyes and hold me close
And this is what you'd say
We've got blue skies, now can't you see?
There'll never ever be another love for me
The pleasant dreams we shared
Made our love stronger with each day
And the fears that haunted me
Seemed like a million miles away
When friends we knew would come to me
With lies about your love
I'd tell them happiness and sunny skies
Are all we're thinking of (we're thinking of)
We're so in love (we're so in love)
We're thinking of (we're thinking of)
Blue skies
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Blue skies
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Yeah, I see you there, you're kissing him
How can this really be?
Well, I guess it's time to realize
My dreams are more than me
And as I walk off thinking
What a fool I must have been
Like an echo from my lips today
I hear you telling him (telling him)
We've got blue skies, now can't you see?
There'll never ever be another love for me
We've got blue skies, now can't you see?
There'll never ever be another love for me
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(Blue skies, now can't you see?)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(There'll never ever be another love for me)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies, oh baby
(Blue skies, now can't you see?)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(There'll never ever be another love for me)
Blue skies, we've got blue skies
(Blue skies, now can't you see?)
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(We've Got) Blue Skies Lyrics as written by Chris Clark Tom Bee
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