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.
Smoke, smoke in my body
Smoke, smoke in the air
Ghosts, ghosts all around me
Ghosts, why do I care?
Why, why do I worry
About the things that seem to occupy nowhere?
The nowhere, the nowhere, the nowhere, the nowhere that surrounds me
Take it all, take it all, take it all, take it all, leave it there
Leave it there, leave it there, leave it there, leave it there, all behind me
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall, let it fall in the air
No, just because you're not my enemy
Doesn't mean that you're still my friend
Just because you are not my family
Doesn't mean that I won't be a friend
Just because, just because, just because, just because you don't love me
Doesn't mean that we can't pretend
For a night, for a night, for a night, for a night, tonight only
Doesn't mean, doesn't mean that it has to end
Hold the lines I caught, my friend
That I let go, I let go
Let your fire come back again
Hold me closer, keep me close
All the life I led you in
Close the window, close the door
Smoke, smoke in the air
Ghosts, ghosts all around me
Ghosts, why do I care?
Why, why do I worry
About the things that seem to occupy nowhere?
The nowhere, the nowhere, the nowhere, the nowhere that surrounds me
Take it all, take it all, take it all, take it all, leave it there
Leave it there, leave it there, leave it there, leave it there, all behind me
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall, let it fall in the air
No, just because you're not my enemy
Doesn't mean that you're still my friend
Just because you are not my family
Doesn't mean that I won't be a friend
Just because, just because, just because, just because you don't love me
Doesn't mean that we can't pretend
For a night, for a night, for a night, for a night, tonight only
Doesn't mean, doesn't mean that it has to end
Hold the lines I caught, my friend
That I let go, I let go
Let your fire come back again
Hold me closer, keep me close
All the life I led you in
Close the window, close the door
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