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.
Wait for your call, love
The call never came
Ready to fall up
Ready to claim
And I'm ready for it all, love
Ready for a pain
Meet under sun and
Meet me again
In the rain
In the rain
In the rain
The rain
Behind the walls, love
I'm trying to change
And I'm ready for it all, love
I'm ready for the change
Meet me in blue sky
Meet me again
In the rain
The rain, the rain
In the rain
The rain
Got to find yourself alone in this world
To find yourself alone
The call never came
Ready to fall up
Ready to claim
And I'm ready for it all, love
Ready for a pain
Meet under sun and
Meet me again
In the rain
In the rain
In the rain
The rain
Behind the walls, love
I'm trying to change
And I'm ready for it all, love
I'm ready for the change
Meet me in blue sky
Meet me again
In the rain
The rain, the rain
In the rain
The rain
Got to find yourself alone in this world
To find yourself alone
Lyrics submitted by BIRDDUDE830, edited by vandervolk
Oceans Lyrics as written by Guy Rupert Berryman Christopher Anthony John Martin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"Got to find yourself alone in this world...got to find yourself alone"
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