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.
You don't like me much at all,
but I would like to see you fall.
You're a pig and I'm a little runt.
You're the king of the neighborhood.
I'm ugly and misunderstood.
I've got something to say so I'll make it blunt.
I was the kid back in school that you hurt.
You pushed me around and you made me feel like dirt.
Do you remember me?
Do you know what I've grown up to be? No?
Well let me tell ya...
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling alright.
You think that you're so pretty.
Well I'll tell you what I think I see,
a scornful tease that used to make fun of me.
You were cute and popular.
I was just a little nerd.
Right about now you're making me feel perturbed.
I was the gross kid that you teased in gym.
And when you got my hopes up you'd run back to him.
Do you remember me?
Well, let me refresh you're memory...
...as I kill ya.
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling alright.
Come on!
My oh my, kiss your life good bye!
You made a point to hassle me
well I'm making a point to watch you die!
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling alright.
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling...
then I'll be feeling...
then I'll be feeling alright.
but I would like to see you fall.
You're a pig and I'm a little runt.
You're the king of the neighborhood.
I'm ugly and misunderstood.
I've got something to say so I'll make it blunt.
I was the kid back in school that you hurt.
You pushed me around and you made me feel like dirt.
Do you remember me?
Do you know what I've grown up to be? No?
Well let me tell ya...
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling alright.
You think that you're so pretty.
Well I'll tell you what I think I see,
a scornful tease that used to make fun of me.
You were cute and popular.
I was just a little nerd.
Right about now you're making me feel perturbed.
I was the gross kid that you teased in gym.
And when you got my hopes up you'd run back to him.
Do you remember me?
Well, let me refresh you're memory...
...as I kill ya.
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling alright.
Come on!
My oh my, kiss your life good bye!
You made a point to hassle me
well I'm making a point to watch you die!
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling alright.
I'm a homicidal maniac,
so you better watch your back.
I gotta knife and I'm using it tonight. Whoa...
You used to put me down.
Soon you'll be in the ground
and then I'll be feeling...
then I'll be feeling...
then I'll be feeling alright.
Lyrics submitted by Planets89
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