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.
I still think on you, the place, the time
And all the solitude
There’s nothing I hate more
Than pushing you away with my fucked up attitude
I’ve been counting paces
Since the last time we touched faces
It’s a lot like trading spaces
Where I’m the dormant one and you’re away
How’d this happen?
Found your way in
So distracting
Splitting me in half again
Can’t ever sever the ties I made
The knots are strong
The framework’s laid
No matter how many things I save
The tangible will always be what I crave
But I’ve been resting cases
And writing just to erase this
It used to just seem so basic
When I knew every single word to say
How’d this happen?
Found your way in
So distracting
Splitting me in half again
So distracting
Splitting me in half again
Thought I’d burn the seams if they frayed
Thought I’d prove the point that I made
However long you’ve gone I will wait
However long you’ve gone I will wait
I will wait
And all the solitude
There’s nothing I hate more
Than pushing you away with my fucked up attitude
I’ve been counting paces
Since the last time we touched faces
It’s a lot like trading spaces
Where I’m the dormant one and you’re away
How’d this happen?
Found your way in
So distracting
Splitting me in half again
Can’t ever sever the ties I made
The knots are strong
The framework’s laid
No matter how many things I save
The tangible will always be what I crave
But I’ve been resting cases
And writing just to erase this
It used to just seem so basic
When I knew every single word to say
How’d this happen?
Found your way in
So distracting
Splitting me in half again
So distracting
Splitting me in half again
Thought I’d burn the seams if they frayed
Thought I’d prove the point that I made
However long you’ve gone I will wait
However long you’ve gone I will wait
I will wait
Lyrics submitted by MX5
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