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.
Silent sleep, violent dreams
Sum up to silent screams
I can't manage to block them out
Fragmented memories
Tell my heart not to beat
For its pounding gets way too loud
Lay me down oh weigh me down
My mind keeps telling me lies
Most of all that if it was not for me
You'd still be fine
Every experience
All the places I've been
All the things I have said and done:
Half of it, too intense
Half of it meaningless
Maybe I have been better off
The revenants alive inside the
Golden cage of my mind
But nothing changed, nothing took the pain away
So now it's time
To let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine
Lift the veil and reveal all this time
Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
See the pain and the fear and the lies
Silent sleep comes to me
When I'm finally free
I can not wait to meet you there
All this time spent apart
Oh my deviant heart
Skips a beat, I'm no longer scared
The revenants alive inside the
Golden cage of my mind
But nothing changed, nothing took the pain away
So now it's time
To let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine
Lift the veil and reveal all this time
Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
See the pain and the fear and the lies
Oh it's time to let it go
Time to face it, time to take control
Time to let it go
Time to face it all
Let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine
Lift the veil and reveal all this time
Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
Leave the pain and the fear all behind
And we'll meet on the other side
Sum up to silent screams
I can't manage to block them out
Fragmented memories
Tell my heart not to beat
For its pounding gets way too loud
Lay me down oh weigh me down
My mind keeps telling me lies
Most of all that if it was not for me
You'd still be fine
Every experience
All the places I've been
All the things I have said and done:
Half of it, too intense
Half of it meaningless
Maybe I have been better off
The revenants alive inside the
Golden cage of my mind
But nothing changed, nothing took the pain away
So now it's time
To let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine
Lift the veil and reveal all this time
Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
See the pain and the fear and the lies
Silent sleep comes to me
When I'm finally free
I can not wait to meet you there
All this time spent apart
Oh my deviant heart
Skips a beat, I'm no longer scared
The revenants alive inside the
Golden cage of my mind
But nothing changed, nothing took the pain away
So now it's time
To let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine
Lift the veil and reveal all this time
Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
See the pain and the fear and the lies
Oh it's time to let it go
Time to face it, time to take control
Time to let it go
Time to face it all
Let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine
Lift the veil and reveal all this time
Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
Leave the pain and the fear all behind
And we'll meet on the other side
Lyrics submitted by jjl2357, edited by ben1111902
Let It Die Lyrics as written by Johanna Charlotte Wessels Georg Neuhauser
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
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