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 know I can't go home again
I'm in trouble, I'd be living in
A future I can never know
And a past that is holding on
Holding on to be broken
Holding on to me still
I thought I could break the spell
Oh maybe I, maybe I never will
I know a ghost coming around again (Living in the name of)
Battlefield I'm abandoning (Living in the name of)
A promise of a day like this (Living in the name of)
Or a memory and a kiss (Living in the name of)
Can't see all the walls I built (Living in the name of)
Turned my fear into monuments (Living in the name of)
Daydream I'd be living in (Living in the name of)
But when I wake up here will I be
Holding on till it's broken
Holding on and on till the end
I thought I would break the spell
Or maybe I, maybe I never will
Oh, it feels like living in the name of
Feels like living in the name of
Oh, I can't keep living in the name of
If it feels like living in the name of
What am I living in the name of?
Who am I living in the name of?
I know I can't go home again
I'm in trouble I'd be living in
Old dreams and they're caving in (Living in the name of)
Now I'm somewhere I've never been
Just keep holding on till I'm broken (Living in the name of)
Holding on till the end (Living in the name of)
I thought I had found a friend (Living in the name of)
Maybe I, maybe I never will
If it feels like living in the name of
Does it feel like living in the name of?
And you can't keep living in the name of
Oh, I can't keep living in the name of
What am I living in the name (Living in the name of)
Oh, am I living in the name (Living in the name of)
Who am I living in the name of (Living in the name of)
Am I living if it feels like
Living in the name
If it feels like (If it feels like)
Living in the name
Does it feel like (Feel like)
Living in the name
And you can't keep going (Can't keep)
Living in the name
I can't keep (Can't keep)
What am I living in the name of?
(Living in the name of)
(Living in the name of)
I'm in trouble, I'd be living in
A future I can never know
And a past that is holding on
Holding on to be broken
Holding on to me still
I thought I could break the spell
Oh maybe I, maybe I never will
I know a ghost coming around again (Living in the name of)
Battlefield I'm abandoning (Living in the name of)
A promise of a day like this (Living in the name of)
Or a memory and a kiss (Living in the name of)
Can't see all the walls I built (Living in the name of)
Turned my fear into monuments (Living in the name of)
Daydream I'd be living in (Living in the name of)
But when I wake up here will I be
Holding on till it's broken
Holding on and on till the end
I thought I would break the spell
Or maybe I, maybe I never will
Oh, it feels like living in the name of
Feels like living in the name of
Oh, I can't keep living in the name of
If it feels like living in the name of
What am I living in the name of?
Who am I living in the name of?
I know I can't go home again
I'm in trouble I'd be living in
Old dreams and they're caving in (Living in the name of)
Now I'm somewhere I've never been
Just keep holding on till I'm broken (Living in the name of)
Holding on till the end (Living in the name of)
I thought I had found a friend (Living in the name of)
Maybe I, maybe I never will
If it feels like living in the name of
Does it feel like living in the name of?
And you can't keep living in the name of
Oh, I can't keep living in the name of
What am I living in the name (Living in the name of)
Oh, am I living in the name (Living in the name of)
Who am I living in the name of (Living in the name of)
Am I living if it feels like
Living in the name
If it feels like (If it feels like)
Living in the name
Does it feel like (Feel like)
Living in the name
And you can't keep going (Can't keep)
Living in the name
I can't keep (Can't keep)
What am I living in the name of?
(Living in the name of)
(Living in the name of)
Lyrics submitted by Raven95
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