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've got a feeling in my gut there's more than this
More than I've heard, and more than you're telling
One day, we're gonna burst right out of here
Get out of this town, not know where we're heading
You count on luck, somehow it won't add up
And what you have, just has to be enough
I feel knocked down but I won't be broken, I won't be broken
My spirit's reeling, but my arms are open, I won't be broken
And straining at the least you'd be a better man
But each time I try to climb I start sliding
Some days I think someone's trying to keep me down
But no it's just my own fear that I'm fighting
I need you now like I never did
I need something that only you can give
I feel knocked down but I won't be broken, I won't be broken
My spirit's reeling, but my arms are open, I won't be broken
You count on luck, somehow it won't add up
And what you have, just has to be enough
I feel knocked down but I won't be broken, I won't be broken
My spirit's reeling, but my arms are open, I won't be broken
Got a feeling someday you and I
You're gonna blow this town wide open
Got a hunger snapping at my heels, my mind that can't be changed
The wheel that won't be broken
More than I've heard, and more than you're telling
One day, we're gonna burst right out of here
Get out of this town, not know where we're heading
You count on luck, somehow it won't add up
And what you have, just has to be enough
I feel knocked down but I won't be broken, I won't be broken
My spirit's reeling, but my arms are open, I won't be broken
And straining at the least you'd be a better man
But each time I try to climb I start sliding
Some days I think someone's trying to keep me down
But no it's just my own fear that I'm fighting
I need you now like I never did
I need something that only you can give
I feel knocked down but I won't be broken, I won't be broken
My spirit's reeling, but my arms are open, I won't be broken
You count on luck, somehow it won't add up
And what you have, just has to be enough
I feel knocked down but I won't be broken, I won't be broken
My spirit's reeling, but my arms are open, I won't be broken
Got a feeling someday you and I
You're gonna blow this town wide open
Got a hunger snapping at my heels, my mind that can't be changed
The wheel that won't be broken
Lyrics submitted by diego566, edited by allactionandy, Maenberlin
Won't Be Broken Lyrics as written by Richard David Hughes Jesse Quin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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