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.
(Listen)
See this girl, she walks up to me
Got body like you would not believe
First glance
She had me in a trance
I think that she dropped down and stopped
Pop her hip twice
Worked that down
Then up with the lift like damn,
Time to take a chance
('Cause oh what you do to me)
[Chorus]
Look what I do to get her
I'd play the fool to get her
I'd cross the world to get her
I gots to, gots to get her, get her
I'd fight the rest to get her
I'd spend my last to get her
Might be crazy, might go broke
But all I know
I've gots to get her
Every little thing that she does is magic
All I really know is I've got to have it
Can't believe that I'm here, a witness
She's got me, her thought is relentless, damn
She knows that I'm a fan (I'm such a fan of her)
Hold that thought like it or not
She's got that walk, make any jaw drop
She'll make ya stop, and wanna take her picture
Diddy bop and take her home with ya
She knows that I just wanna make her mine
But everybody wanna get in line
She's holding back but I let her know
She's about to let it go
[Chorus]
I'd fight the rest to get her
I'd spend my last to get her
Might be crazy, might go broke
But all I know
I've gots to get her
Get that name, swallow my pride
Ain't got no shame, I gotta catch that dive
She already caught my eye
(Beatboxing)
I'm gonna get it
I'm gonna get it
I'm gonna get it
I see this beauty and I know that she'd feel it
She hear that music and she lean back, rock with it
Everything about her, she's a one stop shop, get it
You make a move, you better come, come, come with it
[Chorus]
Just can't stop, watchin' the clock
Time flies, tick tock
She's got me off my game
Feel's like I'm going insane ('Cause oh what you do to me)
[Chorus]
I'd fight the rest to get her (I've got to)
I'd spend my last to get her (I've got to)
Might be crazy, might go broke
But all I know
I've gots to get her
See this girl, she walks up to me
Got body like you would not believe
First glance
She had me in a trance
See this girl, she walks up to me
Got body like you would not believe
First glance
She had me in a trance
I think that she dropped down and stopped
Pop her hip twice
Worked that down
Then up with the lift like damn,
Time to take a chance
('Cause oh what you do to me)
[Chorus]
Look what I do to get her
I'd play the fool to get her
I'd cross the world to get her
I gots to, gots to get her, get her
I'd fight the rest to get her
I'd spend my last to get her
Might be crazy, might go broke
But all I know
I've gots to get her
Every little thing that she does is magic
All I really know is I've got to have it
Can't believe that I'm here, a witness
She's got me, her thought is relentless, damn
She knows that I'm a fan (I'm such a fan of her)
Hold that thought like it or not
She's got that walk, make any jaw drop
She'll make ya stop, and wanna take her picture
Diddy bop and take her home with ya
She knows that I just wanna make her mine
But everybody wanna get in line
She's holding back but I let her know
She's about to let it go
[Chorus]
I'd fight the rest to get her
I'd spend my last to get her
Might be crazy, might go broke
But all I know
I've gots to get her
Get that name, swallow my pride
Ain't got no shame, I gotta catch that dive
She already caught my eye
(Beatboxing)
I'm gonna get it
I'm gonna get it
I'm gonna get it
I see this beauty and I know that she'd feel it
She hear that music and she lean back, rock with it
Everything about her, she's a one stop shop, get it
You make a move, you better come, come, come with it
[Chorus]
Just can't stop, watchin' the clock
Time flies, tick tock
She's got me off my game
Feel's like I'm going insane ('Cause oh what you do to me)
[Chorus]
I'd fight the rest to get her (I've got to)
I'd spend my last to get her (I've got to)
Might be crazy, might go broke
But all I know
I've gots to get her
See this girl, she walks up to me
Got body like you would not believe
First glance
She had me in a trance
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