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.
So you're saying that it's over soon
It's over
God help me, it's true
So you're saying that you're marrying
a banker in a shark-skin suit
Oh I shimmer down the fire pole in a Santa suit
with a telescope
So you're saying that it's over soon
It's over
God help me, it's true
So I pull up my collar and zip up my coat
I put my cap on and then I go out
to a sauna on Woodward, a diner on Main
I put out a match on a tank of propane
What good is a lonely heart to a girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon when I'm staring in your hotel room?
Sandy, Sandy, get your camera out - I'm naked
in your garbage chute
Husband hit me with a frying pan
It's over, oh I'm helpless now
Do you remember when we were friends?
We told each other everything
Husband hit me with a porcelain plate
It's over, oh I'm helpless now
So I pull up my collar and zip up my coat
I put my cap on and then I go out
to a sauna on Woodward, a diner on Main
I put out a match on a tank of propane
What good is a lonely heart to a girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon while I'm staring in your hotel room?
Sandy, what did he do to your hair?
What's on that white dress you wear?
Did your balloon disappear
while I was standing out here?
Oh, what did he do to your hair?
So you're saying that it's over soon
It's over
God help me, it's true
So you're saying that you're marrying
a trader with a silver spoon
[Sigh]
So I pull up my collar and zip up my coat...
[Zip]
I put my cap on and then I go out
to a sauna on Woodward, a diner on Main
I put out a match on a tank of propane
What good is a lonely heart to girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon when I'm staring in your hotel room?
What good is a lonely heart to girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon when I'm staring in your hotel room?
I'm staring in your room
on your honeymoon
I'm staring in your room
on your honeymoon
I'm staring in your room
oh oh oh on your honeymoon
I'm staring in your room
ohhh on your honeymoon
It's over
God help me, it's true
So you're saying that you're marrying
a banker in a shark-skin suit
Oh I shimmer down the fire pole in a Santa suit
with a telescope
So you're saying that it's over soon
It's over
God help me, it's true
So I pull up my collar and zip up my coat
I put my cap on and then I go out
to a sauna on Woodward, a diner on Main
I put out a match on a tank of propane
What good is a lonely heart to a girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon when I'm staring in your hotel room?
Sandy, Sandy, get your camera out - I'm naked
in your garbage chute
Husband hit me with a frying pan
It's over, oh I'm helpless now
Do you remember when we were friends?
We told each other everything
Husband hit me with a porcelain plate
It's over, oh I'm helpless now
So I pull up my collar and zip up my coat
I put my cap on and then I go out
to a sauna on Woodward, a diner on Main
I put out a match on a tank of propane
What good is a lonely heart to a girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon while I'm staring in your hotel room?
Sandy, what did he do to your hair?
What's on that white dress you wear?
Did your balloon disappear
while I was standing out here?
Oh, what did he do to your hair?
So you're saying that it's over soon
It's over
God help me, it's true
So you're saying that you're marrying
a trader with a silver spoon
[Sigh]
So I pull up my collar and zip up my coat...
[Zip]
I put my cap on and then I go out
to a sauna on Woodward, a diner on Main
I put out a match on a tank of propane
What good is a lonely heart to girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon when I'm staring in your hotel room?
What good is a lonely heart to girl on a honeymoon?
What good is a honeymoon when I'm staring in your hotel room?
I'm staring in your room
on your honeymoon
I'm staring in your room
on your honeymoon
I'm staring in your room
oh oh oh on your honeymoon
I'm staring in your room
ohhh on your honeymoon
Lyrics submitted by Contaminator
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