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.
Oh god
I've been drowning in my sorrow
And I'm drowning in more pain
I swear these hoes ain't got nothing
When they throw dirt on my name
All I know is damage
My heart's broken I guess I should move on
I don't understand it oh god
I'm running up the bands bitch
I got deep holes in my pockets
But my problems are the same oh god
I don't understand it oh god
I can't fix this damage
Here we go oh I'm stuck in my feelings with you
I don't even know how to feel too
Running up the bands and my bills blue
I'm running out of options
Yeah I got all of these problems
All I do is hide this pain
I just pretend that I'm alright
But I'm not alright
I'm not okay
Here we go oh I'm stuck in my feelings with you
Now I only stare at moon light
I don't even know what it feels like
I've been drowning
I've been drowning in my sorrow
And I'm drowning in more pain
I swear these hoes ain't got nothing
When they throw dirt on my name
All I know is damage
My heart's broken I guess I should move on
I don't understand it oh god
I'm running up the bands bitch
I got deep holes in my pockets
But my problems are the same oh god
I don't understand it oh god
I can't fix this damage
Kept my word
But my loyalty is something that you don't deserve
You made me worst
Feels that if I'm out of luck
Trust me I've been cursed
Yeah I been through damage
You never felt my pain
Your pain is average
Woah
I could never leave my head
Got me stuck instead
I'm steady traveling
More than one emotion
All this madness
Don't look so surprised
Now I'm a savage
I don't know who I am
Lost myself still the man
Why can't I just understand
That this pain has made me
Someone that I can't be
It makes me want to hate myself
It makes me want to ask for help
But fuck your help
Rather do this by myself
But I'm drowning through this pain
Damn it I can't save myself
I've been drowning in my sorrow
And I'm drowning in more pain
I swear these hoes ain't got nothing
When they throw dirt on my name
All I know is damage
My heart's broken I guess I should move on
I don't understand it oh god
I'm running up the bands bitch
I got deep holes in my pockets
But my problems are the same oh god
I don't understand it oh god
I can't fix this damage
I've been drowning in my sorrow
And I'm drowning in more pain
I swear these hoes ain't got nothing
When they throw dirt on my name
All I know is damage
My heart's broken I guess I should move on
I don't understand it oh god
I'm running up the bands bitch
I got deep holes in my pockets
But my problems are the same oh god
I don't understand it oh god
I can't fix this damage
Here we go oh I'm stuck in my feelings with you
I don't even know how to feel too
Running up the bands and my bills blue
I'm running out of options
Yeah I got all of these problems
All I do is hide this pain
I just pretend that I'm alright
But I'm not alright
I'm not okay
Here we go oh I'm stuck in my feelings with you
Now I only stare at moon light
I don't even know what it feels like
I've been drowning
I've been drowning in my sorrow
And I'm drowning in more pain
I swear these hoes ain't got nothing
When they throw dirt on my name
All I know is damage
My heart's broken I guess I should move on
I don't understand it oh god
I'm running up the bands bitch
I got deep holes in my pockets
But my problems are the same oh god
I don't understand it oh god
I can't fix this damage
Kept my word
But my loyalty is something that you don't deserve
You made me worst
Feels that if I'm out of luck
Trust me I've been cursed
Yeah I been through damage
You never felt my pain
Your pain is average
Woah
I could never leave my head
Got me stuck instead
I'm steady traveling
More than one emotion
All this madness
Don't look so surprised
Now I'm a savage
I don't know who I am
Lost myself still the man
Why can't I just understand
That this pain has made me
Someone that I can't be
It makes me want to hate myself
It makes me want to ask for help
But fuck your help
Rather do this by myself
But I'm drowning through this pain
Damn it I can't save myself
I've been drowning in my sorrow
And I'm drowning in more pain
I swear these hoes ain't got nothing
When they throw dirt on my name
All I know is damage
My heart's broken I guess I should move on
I don't understand it oh god
I'm running up the bands bitch
I got deep holes in my pockets
But my problems are the same oh god
I don't understand it oh god
I can't fix this damage
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Damage (feat. Rickster) Lyrics as written by Vaughn Stewart Ricardo Gutierrez
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