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, I really think we need to talk about this shit!
From what I can tell this is the end of you and I.
Finding clothes on the floor,
you say they're yours but suspicion is tearing me apart.
I've worked so hard to keep us clean just you and I.
Do we really wanna do this tonight?
Do we really wanna change our lives?
The moon shines bright upon your face tonight,
I'd leave right now but this feels right.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
And every time I see you when we pass, I stop to ask myself,
"Where did I go wrong?" Where did I go wrong?
I'm in dismay. Where did I go wrong, what did I say?
Oh, I really think we need to talk about this shit!
I'd kill for a single memory of our start before your games.
Do we really wanna do this tonight?
Do we really wanna change our lives?
The moon shines bright upon your face tonight,
I'd leave right now but this feels right.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
Feeling tired from growing old so what's my excuse for looking so young?
When I got the world hanging on my shoulders;
been that way since '86 when I got that Quinn name sprung.
Spring? Or Fall? Is it making sense at all?
Just trying to hold on, just trying to stay young.
So on and on as the story often goes,
we'll let you know how this unfolds.
So let's walk away, don't look back don't you hesitate.
Breathe, just breathe for me and everything will be okay.
Don't look back don't you walk away.
Don't look back don't you hesitate.
Breathe, just breathe for me and everything will be okay.
And everything will be okay.
Just remember who got you through those sleepless nights.
Just remember who saved you from suicide.
I gave you life. Without me,
you'd be another corpse in a casket; aging just to rot
From what I can tell this is the end of you and I.
Finding clothes on the floor,
you say they're yours but suspicion is tearing me apart.
I've worked so hard to keep us clean just you and I.
Do we really wanna do this tonight?
Do we really wanna change our lives?
The moon shines bright upon your face tonight,
I'd leave right now but this feels right.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
And every time I see you when we pass, I stop to ask myself,
"Where did I go wrong?" Where did I go wrong?
I'm in dismay. Where did I go wrong, what did I say?
Oh, I really think we need to talk about this shit!
I'd kill for a single memory of our start before your games.
Do we really wanna do this tonight?
Do we really wanna change our lives?
The moon shines bright upon your face tonight,
I'd leave right now but this feels right.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
So here we are again, throwing words just to speak again.
You know it's you that I adore but you're not worth fighting for.
Feeling tired from growing old so what's my excuse for looking so young?
When I got the world hanging on my shoulders;
been that way since '86 when I got that Quinn name sprung.
Spring? Or Fall? Is it making sense at all?
Just trying to hold on, just trying to stay young.
So on and on as the story often goes,
we'll let you know how this unfolds.
So let's walk away, don't look back don't you hesitate.
Breathe, just breathe for me and everything will be okay.
Don't look back don't you walk away.
Don't look back don't you hesitate.
Breathe, just breathe for me and everything will be okay.
And everything will be okay.
Just remember who got you through those sleepless nights.
Just remember who saved you from suicide.
I gave you life. Without me,
you'd be another corpse in a casket; aging just to rot
Lyrics submitted by Doziam
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