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.
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you
And you 're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new
And they're true
I can't believe I was so blind I didn't see
That you couldn't be the type of man to meet my needs
Strangest thing is everyone tried to tell me
But I did what they told me not to
You nearly had my everything, by running game on me
You told me all I had to hear I thought love was finally here
But then one day the truth I'd see your game was incomplete
'cause when I realized the truth
I see your plan, you're not my man so get from under my roof - I don't want you
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you - yes I do
And you 're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new
And they're true
It was the saddest thing I thought there was no help for me
'cause you made me think I wasn't worth anything
Now I see you didn't have no self esteem
And all you loved was Mel be 's money
You nearly had my everything by running game on me
You told me all I had to hear I thought love was finally here
But then one day the truth I'd see your game was incomplete
'cause when I realized the truth
I see your plan, you're not my man so get from under my roof
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you - I can see through you
And you 're the fool - you're the fool, baby, you're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you - and I turn my head around
There's someone new - and they're so true
What made you, made you, think I would be fooled - think I would be fooled
I now see through you, I can, and you're the fool, you are, you are
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you and there's someone new, and they're true
You nearly had my everything, by running game on me
You lied to me, why did you lie to me
But then one day the truth it seems your game was incomplete
I found out the truth
I see your plan, you're not my man so get from under my roof - I don't want you
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you - I'm glad I saw through you
And you 're the fool
Tell me, Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new - and they're so true
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you
And you 're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new and they're true
I now see through you
And you 're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new
And they're true
I can't believe I was so blind I didn't see
That you couldn't be the type of man to meet my needs
Strangest thing is everyone tried to tell me
But I did what they told me not to
You nearly had my everything, by running game on me
You told me all I had to hear I thought love was finally here
But then one day the truth I'd see your game was incomplete
'cause when I realized the truth
I see your plan, you're not my man so get from under my roof - I don't want you
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you - yes I do
And you 're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new
And they're true
It was the saddest thing I thought there was no help for me
'cause you made me think I wasn't worth anything
Now I see you didn't have no self esteem
And all you loved was Mel be 's money
You nearly had my everything by running game on me
You told me all I had to hear I thought love was finally here
But then one day the truth I'd see your game was incomplete
'cause when I realized the truth
I see your plan, you're not my man so get from under my roof
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you - I can see through you
And you 're the fool - you're the fool, baby, you're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you - and I turn my head around
There's someone new - and they're so true
What made you, made you, think I would be fooled - think I would be fooled
I now see through you, I can, and you're the fool, you are, you are
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you and there's someone new, and they're true
You nearly had my everything, by running game on me
You lied to me, why did you lie to me
But then one day the truth it seems your game was incomplete
I found out the truth
I see your plan, you're not my man so get from under my roof - I don't want you
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you - I'm glad I saw through you
And you 're the fool
Tell me, Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new - and they're so true
What made you think I would be fooled
I now see through you
And you 're the fool
Tell me
How do you feel when you see me
And I disregard you
There's someone new and they're true
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