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.
[Verse 1]
The clever ways I try to change
Happen and pass leaving me the same
Of course it must be something else
Leading questions I might ask myself
[Chorus]
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
[Verse 2]
What you do works for a time
Until you drop without a warning sign
If you keep going on like this
I'll be one more thing for you to miss
[Chorus]
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
The clever ways I try to change
Happen and pass leaving me the same
Of course it must be something else
Leading questions I might ask myself
[Chorus]
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
[Verse 2]
What you do works for a time
Until you drop without a warning sign
If you keep going on like this
I'll be one more thing for you to miss
[Chorus]
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Sure and certain
Wander 'til we're old
Lost and lurking
Wonder 'til we're cold
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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