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 can't believe what you tell me so I just look away
When you realize you feel me climbing right through your teeth
Anything I see in you, everything I thought I knew goes away
With every word you say
You betrayed me!
Can you see?
(The other side of things)
Can we be?
(Whatever we have become)
I can see that you've got something to hide
Something to hide
Behind those eyes
I, I sleep when they're open so that they keep you awake
Can't refix what is broken
We will, we work from mistakes
Anything I see in you, everything I know it goes away
I know I don't mean it, I won't be defeated, I won't be
It's you I believed in, but you're keeping secrets
You betrayed! (You betrayed!)
Can you see?
(The other side of things)
Can we be?
(Whatever we have become)
I can see that you've got something to hide
Something to hide
Behind those eyes
Lies!
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through you
When you're looking at me!
You're fake! Get out of my face!
What a mess you've made!
When you look at me I see right through you
Can you see?
(The other side of things)
Can we be?
(More than what we have become)
I can see that you've got something to hide
Something to hide
Behind those eyes
You're blind, disguised, you lied!
(Behind those eyes)
You're fake
You're out of time!
When you realize you feel me climbing right through your teeth
Anything I see in you, everything I thought I knew goes away
With every word you say
You betrayed me!
Can you see?
(The other side of things)
Can we be?
(Whatever we have become)
I can see that you've got something to hide
Something to hide
Behind those eyes
I, I sleep when they're open so that they keep you awake
Can't refix what is broken
We will, we work from mistakes
Anything I see in you, everything I know it goes away
I know I don't mean it, I won't be defeated, I won't be
It's you I believed in, but you're keeping secrets
You betrayed! (You betrayed!)
Can you see?
(The other side of things)
Can we be?
(Whatever we have become)
I can see that you've got something to hide
Something to hide
Behind those eyes
Lies!
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through you
When you look at me I see right through you
When you're looking at me!
You're fake! Get out of my face!
What a mess you've made!
When you look at me I see right through you
Can you see?
(The other side of things)
Can we be?
(More than what we have become)
I can see that you've got something to hide
Something to hide
Behind those eyes
You're blind, disguised, you lied!
(Behind those eyes)
You're fake
You're out of time!
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