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.
Oh, my Sally’s done gone
And it’s all my fault
Oh, my Sally’s done gone
I never listened to a word she said
The purple hills
Seem to call out her name
Like the whippoorwill
I didn’t listen to the warning she gave
I know there’s no turning back
She tried to share
All her worries with me
But I was bowed down with care
I didn’t see the trap I was in
One look in her eyes
Full of knowledge and pain
Oh, my pack of lies
Melted fast as my alibis
I know there’s no turning back
And one day I’ll be like a bird in flight
Floating over this valley so wide
And one day I’ll be like a bird in flight
Floating over this desert so wide
And it’s all my fault
Oh, my Sally’s done gone
I never listened to a word she said
The purple hills
Seem to call out her name
Like the whippoorwill
I didn’t listen to the warning she gave
I know there’s no turning back
She tried to share
All her worries with me
But I was bowed down with care
I didn’t see the trap I was in
One look in her eyes
Full of knowledge and pain
Oh, my pack of lies
Melted fast as my alibis
I know there’s no turning back
And one day I’ll be like a bird in flight
Floating over this valley so wide
And one day I’ll be like a bird in flight
Floating over this desert so wide
Lyrics submitted by TheImpalerTMX
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From the Metalstorm interview metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php
Rachel: I guess it's just about when you're in a relationship and someone makes a big mistake and there's no going back. It's been me sometimes, it's been the guys sometimes, and it's just dealing with that regret that you can never go back and you can never undo it.
And ever sometimes when you want to forgive someone, or someone's wanted to forgive me, when you do certain things you can expect someone to give up their self-respect for you. So, it's about that, but in a broader way it's about loss, betrayal, regret. It's not about one specific person in my life, just in general.
@thewoodenman79 Got the name wrong - it's Rebecca!