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.
Mindin' my business why'll, one day like all others
Watchin' at the BET booty why?all, I ain't botherin' nobody
In walks my lady though, lookin' for drama yo
Heavin' and screamin', I don't know exactly what I did
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
But that's the way it goes on the merry go round
I'm just a simple man, simple dreams, simple plans
So I cannot understand the ways around your mind
I don't got telepathy for the vibes you been sendin' me
They used to be offending me but now it rolls off my spine
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
But that's the way it goes on the merry go round
Girl I know your game, yo
No, I ain't gon scream and shout no
I'ma go and watch some TV
Like I'm gon sleep on the couch
Though I'ma wait till 3 a.m yes
Cause by then you won't be vex
Next I'ma sneak beneath the covers
And we'll have some make up sex, yes
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
That's the way it goes
Sing it
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
That's the way it goes, on the merry go round
Just another day, on the merry go round
Love goes up and down, on the merry go round
That's what I found, on the merry go round, yeah
Watchin' at the BET booty why?all, I ain't botherin' nobody
In walks my lady though, lookin' for drama yo
Heavin' and screamin', I don't know exactly what I did
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
But that's the way it goes on the merry go round
I'm just a simple man, simple dreams, simple plans
So I cannot understand the ways around your mind
I don't got telepathy for the vibes you been sendin' me
They used to be offending me but now it rolls off my spine
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
But that's the way it goes on the merry go round
Girl I know your game, yo
No, I ain't gon scream and shout no
I'ma go and watch some TV
Like I'm gon sleep on the couch
Though I'ma wait till 3 a.m yes
Cause by then you won't be vex
Next I'ma sneak beneath the covers
And we'll have some make up sex, yes
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
That's the way it goes
Sing it
Back peddle, double talk, cuss me up
Then you walk
Do your sisters call you up, beg you back again
Then I take you out, spend some cheddar
Love you up till you feel better
It last a week or so
That's the way it goes, on the merry go round
Just another day, on the merry go round
Love goes up and down, on the merry go round
That's what I found, on the merry go round, yeah
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Merry Go Round Lyrics as written by Kevin Mckenzie Kim A Bingham
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Anthem Entertainment
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