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'll just, take my heart and let go of your hand
And bury it right there in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
Been here a couple of times before, for sure
But someone always ends up walking out the door
It feels like love will never work out
It feels like I always end up getting let down, now
I always end up back where I started at the start
And I wish we hadn't parted 'cause you've broken my heart
Again, and we're friends, in the end, like the trend
But I meet someone else and it starts over again
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
I’ll just get a box and lock away my tears and
Watch the memories disappear and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
After that, I say I'll never fall in love again
We meet and promise that we'll just be friends
We decide to get together and I think you're the one
Then you shoot through my heart with a laser gun
Now I think I've fallen for that, for the last time
So I'll forget about the boys, and just stick to the rhymes
Again, and we're friends, in the end, like the trend
But I meet someone else and it starts over again
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
I’ll just get a box and lock away my tears and
Watch the memories disappear and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
Kick the fears right out of my head and,
Stop crying into my bed, and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
Here we go again
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
I’ll just get a box and lock away my tears and
Watch the memories disappear and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
And bury it right there in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
Been here a couple of times before, for sure
But someone always ends up walking out the door
It feels like love will never work out
It feels like I always end up getting let down, now
I always end up back where I started at the start
And I wish we hadn't parted 'cause you've broken my heart
Again, and we're friends, in the end, like the trend
But I meet someone else and it starts over again
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
I’ll just get a box and lock away my tears and
Watch the memories disappear and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
After that, I say I'll never fall in love again
We meet and promise that we'll just be friends
We decide to get together and I think you're the one
Then you shoot through my heart with a laser gun
Now I think I've fallen for that, for the last time
So I'll forget about the boys, and just stick to the rhymes
Again, and we're friends, in the end, like the trend
But I meet someone else and it starts over again
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
I’ll just get a box and lock away my tears and
Watch the memories disappear and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
Kick the fears right out of my head and,
Stop crying into my bed, and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
Here we go again
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
I’ll just get a box and lock away my tears and
Watch the memories disappear and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
I’ll just, take my heart and let go of your hand and
Bury it right in the sand and just lie there
Just lie there, just lie there
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96
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