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 listen to my heartbeat and I
Try to follow where it leads me, that's right
I don't wake up in the shadows anymore
I can finally breathe
I dig a little deep down, searching
Took a little time to work it through
But I found everything
The day that I had you
I once was the lost one
Like a wayward child
Now you're the light that leads the way
I can melt the drops of freezing rain
I will fly in and save the day
I will always try to make it
Better than it was for me
You'll always be the first one in my prayers
Just close your eyes and I am there
It's a better world
Since you're my boy, I'll always be your girl
I'm picking up all the pieces
When I put 'em back together I'm like new
'Cause my greatest wish
Has already come true
We'll always be connected, baby
Like a button to a sleeve
And this lullaby
Will send you off to sleep
It's hard to imagine
My life before you
'Cause you're the light that leads the way
I can melt the drops of freezing rain
I will fly in and save the day
I will always try to make it
Better than it was for me
You'll always be the first one in my prayers
Just close your eyes and I am there
It's a better world
Since you're my boy, I'll always be your girl
I'll be holding the rope if you tumble and fall
There is love after love after all
We'll always be connected, baby
You're like a button on my sleeve
And this lullaby, oh, oh
I can melt the drops of freezing rain
I will fly in and save the day
I will always try to make it
Better than it was for me
You'll always be the first one in my prayers
Just close your eyes and I am there
It's a better world
Since you're my boy, I'll always be your girl, ooh
Your girl
Try to follow where it leads me, that's right
I don't wake up in the shadows anymore
I can finally breathe
I dig a little deep down, searching
Took a little time to work it through
But I found everything
The day that I had you
I once was the lost one
Like a wayward child
Now you're the light that leads the way
I can melt the drops of freezing rain
I will fly in and save the day
I will always try to make it
Better than it was for me
You'll always be the first one in my prayers
Just close your eyes and I am there
It's a better world
Since you're my boy, I'll always be your girl
I'm picking up all the pieces
When I put 'em back together I'm like new
'Cause my greatest wish
Has already come true
We'll always be connected, baby
Like a button to a sleeve
And this lullaby
Will send you off to sleep
It's hard to imagine
My life before you
'Cause you're the light that leads the way
I can melt the drops of freezing rain
I will fly in and save the day
I will always try to make it
Better than it was for me
You'll always be the first one in my prayers
Just close your eyes and I am there
It's a better world
Since you're my boy, I'll always be your girl
I'll be holding the rope if you tumble and fall
There is love after love after all
We'll always be connected, baby
You're like a button on my sleeve
And this lullaby, oh, oh
I can melt the drops of freezing rain
I will fly in and save the day
I will always try to make it
Better than it was for me
You'll always be the first one in my prayers
Just close your eyes and I am there
It's a better world
Since you're my boy, I'll always be your girl, ooh
Your girl
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Always Be Your Girl Lyrics as written by Dana Parish Andrew Hollander
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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