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.
Pèp ayisyen nou sis milyon
Sou chak san mil gen youn ki byen
Sa fè sis mil ki gen lajan
Eske se Bondye k vle l konsa
Pou n jwenn repons la nou sèl wa
M pa kwè lan bib la li ekri sa
Depi lan ansyen testaman
Esklav toujou goumen kont wa
Yo lite pou yo kase chenn
Yo te goumen kont farawon
Nou menm peyizan ayisyen
Ki pa konn li se sa yo di
Oun rekòt diri se pa de ni se pa twa
Men l pa piti
Si mil moun o ki gen lajan
Malgre tout vye zam o
Yo te jwenn chak fwa ey
Lè nou vle chante sa
Pa vle di anyen adye ey
Devan youn pèp o
Le jou l vle sa chanje
Lan malè m ye fò m soti la
Pa tafya koudyay ey
Ni kandida ey k ap wete m la
La vi k pou chanje adye ey
Pou w ale mye se pou m revandike
Sou chak senk mil entelektyèl
kat mil nèf san lan komokyèl
Oun bann tyoul ki san ren k san fyèl
Yo bliye si pèp se sèl fòs
Fè mès pou meriken rantre
Vin pran peyi mèsi mouche
Kontrebann plis la charite
Se pou sa k san figi se vre
San lonè san la diyite
Nou twouve sa byen malere
Pou yon bann moun ki kiltive
Ki al lekòl ki konn abc
Kolonn vètebral yo pliye
Ak youn kwi kote yo pase
Larivyè k move sa malè
Inyon pa l sa fèt lan lanmè
Pou nou sa son w bagay ki klè
Pou lezòm sa se bèl pawòl
Sitou lò l vle jwe yon gwo wòl
Sa bon chantè ke rosiyòl
L ap toujou pale w de linyon
Kan w wè l ta anvi prezidan
Desann kanton lan bèl machin
Bay lajan pou de kout vaksin
Vye frè pa gran lan mannigans
Se sa yo rele la twonpans
Kite visye lan potoprens
Toujou vann tèt yo pou anyen
Si mil moun o ki gen lajan
Malgre tout vye zam o
Yo te jwenn chak fwa ey
Lè nou vle chante sa
Pa vle fi anyen adye ey
Devan youn pèp o
Le jou l vle sa chanje
Lan malè m ye fò m soti la
Pa tafya koudyay ey
Ni kandida ey k ap wete m la
La vi k pou chanje adye ey
Pou w ale mye se pou m revandike
Lan malè m ye fò m soti la
Pa tafya koudyay ey
Ni kandida ey k ap wete m la
La vi k pou chanje adye ey
Pou w ale mye se pou m revandike
Sou chak san mil gen youn ki byen
Sa fè sis mil ki gen lajan
Eske se Bondye k vle l konsa
Pou n jwenn repons la nou sèl wa
M pa kwè lan bib la li ekri sa
Depi lan ansyen testaman
Esklav toujou goumen kont wa
Yo lite pou yo kase chenn
Yo te goumen kont farawon
Nou menm peyizan ayisyen
Ki pa konn li se sa yo di
Oun rekòt diri se pa de ni se pa twa
Men l pa piti
Si mil moun o ki gen lajan
Malgre tout vye zam o
Yo te jwenn chak fwa ey
Lè nou vle chante sa
Pa vle di anyen adye ey
Devan youn pèp o
Le jou l vle sa chanje
Lan malè m ye fò m soti la
Pa tafya koudyay ey
Ni kandida ey k ap wete m la
La vi k pou chanje adye ey
Pou w ale mye se pou m revandike
Sou chak senk mil entelektyèl
kat mil nèf san lan komokyèl
Oun bann tyoul ki san ren k san fyèl
Yo bliye si pèp se sèl fòs
Fè mès pou meriken rantre
Vin pran peyi mèsi mouche
Kontrebann plis la charite
Se pou sa k san figi se vre
San lonè san la diyite
Nou twouve sa byen malere
Pou yon bann moun ki kiltive
Ki al lekòl ki konn abc
Kolonn vètebral yo pliye
Ak youn kwi kote yo pase
Larivyè k move sa malè
Inyon pa l sa fèt lan lanmè
Pou nou sa son w bagay ki klè
Pou lezòm sa se bèl pawòl
Sitou lò l vle jwe yon gwo wòl
Sa bon chantè ke rosiyòl
L ap toujou pale w de linyon
Kan w wè l ta anvi prezidan
Desann kanton lan bèl machin
Bay lajan pou de kout vaksin
Vye frè pa gran lan mannigans
Se sa yo rele la twonpans
Kite visye lan potoprens
Toujou vann tèt yo pou anyen
Si mil moun o ki gen lajan
Malgre tout vye zam o
Yo te jwenn chak fwa ey
Lè nou vle chante sa
Pa vle fi anyen adye ey
Devan youn pèp o
Le jou l vle sa chanje
Lan malè m ye fò m soti la
Pa tafya koudyay ey
Ni kandida ey k ap wete m la
La vi k pou chanje adye ey
Pou w ale mye se pou m revandike
Lan malè m ye fò m soti la
Pa tafya koudyay ey
Ni kandida ey k ap wete m la
La vi k pou chanje adye ey
Pou w ale mye se pou m revandike
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