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.
He sees life through a two pint glass
His sticks to a bottle like
A back stage pass
He's starting to feel like
He's disappeared from view
Find him in the bathroom, racking
One for that dude
Out on the dance floor, tracks
He can dance to
Spilling his drink on his brand
New pair of shoes
In line for a cider, says I'm no fighter
Craves that a day on his nine-to-fiver
Out with the lads, man
He's not scared of you
Boasts about his black eye
But don't be that guy
Working nights
Starting fights, time to take you home
Say goodnight, think it twice
Sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
She sees a middle-aged used car sales man
Decides she needs entertaining
She's got it so she can flaunt
She's aware she gets what she wants
He offers her a drink when
She throws a wink in
She practices this every weekend
Takes both drinks and struts
Away from the bar
She takes a picture, posts it on insta
Looks much better through an iPhone filter
Hashtag mean girls get what basics can't
It might be hard to resist
But don't be that bitch
Working nights
Starting fights, time to take you home
Say goodnight, think it twice
Sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
Turn it up and forgot your neighbor
Take your chances, shot gun reverse
You go mental on your vodka and red bull
We're here all weekend
It's whatever you're into
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
His sticks to a bottle like
A back stage pass
He's starting to feel like
He's disappeared from view
Find him in the bathroom, racking
One for that dude
Out on the dance floor, tracks
He can dance to
Spilling his drink on his brand
New pair of shoes
In line for a cider, says I'm no fighter
Craves that a day on his nine-to-fiver
Out with the lads, man
He's not scared of you
Boasts about his black eye
But don't be that guy
Working nights
Starting fights, time to take you home
Say goodnight, think it twice
Sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
She sees a middle-aged used car sales man
Decides she needs entertaining
She's got it so she can flaunt
She's aware she gets what she wants
He offers her a drink when
She throws a wink in
She practices this every weekend
Takes both drinks and struts
Away from the bar
She takes a picture, posts it on insta
Looks much better through an iPhone filter
Hashtag mean girls get what basics can't
It might be hard to resist
But don't be that bitch
Working nights
Starting fights, time to take you home
Say goodnight, think it twice
Sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
Turn it up and forgot your neighbor
Take your chances, shot gun reverse
You go mental on your vodka and red bull
We're here all weekend
It's whatever you're into
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
Working nights, starting fights
Time to take you home, say goodnight
Think it twice, sleep with broken bones
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