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.
Cold dark and dusty
My fingers black and crusty
My soul is broke
My back is bent
I swear this work will never end
But my lovely lady is waiting, waiting by the telephone
Can't come home gotta go
'cause baby there's a fire in the hole
The fire's gettin' hotter
Oh Lord I need some water
I lost my mind
I lost my men
I swear my work will never end
But my lovely lady is waiting by the telephone
Can't come home gotta go
'cause baby there's a fire in the hole
Coals burnin' red hot
I'm slavin' for a new boss
I take my axe
Go through the wall
Party swinging devil's ball I call
My baby's waiting, waiting by the telephone
She grabs her hat
She grabs her clothes
'cause baby there's a fire in the hole
My fingers black and crusty
My soul is broke
My back is bent
I swear this work will never end
But my lovely lady is waiting, waiting by the telephone
Can't come home gotta go
'cause baby there's a fire in the hole
The fire's gettin' hotter
Oh Lord I need some water
I lost my mind
I lost my men
I swear my work will never end
But my lovely lady is waiting by the telephone
Can't come home gotta go
'cause baby there's a fire in the hole
Coals burnin' red hot
I'm slavin' for a new boss
I take my axe
Go through the wall
Party swinging devil's ball I call
My baby's waiting, waiting by the telephone
She grabs her hat
She grabs her clothes
'cause baby there's a fire in the hole
Lyrics submitted by joelm
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