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.
It's cold enough out to cut you in two
It's in your bones and it goes right through you
It's thick of fog and you can't see across the road
Now the sun is splitting the rocks
Above you and me in the middle of peace talks
Maybe we'll wait and decide our fate when summer's over
Oh, you and me are like Newfoundland weather
We're hard to predict, can it get any better?
We got thunder and lightning and a love turning sour
Conditions are subject to change in the hour
No we shouldn't beat it to death
But maybe there's hope for us yet
Patterns are shifting, a calm spell is here, so we're on hold
Pile all the blankets on
Don't jump to conclusions that winter is gone
Close the windows 'cause to night it might snow
Oh, you and me are like Newfoundland weather
We're hard to predict, can it get any better?
We got thunder and lightning and a love turning sour
Conditions are subject to change in the hour
All winter long we were so down
It happens when the sun don't come out
A cold front is coming in from the
Northeast just to test your soul
Oh, you and me are like Newfoundland weather
We're hard to predict, can it get any better?
We got thunder and lightning and a love turning sour
Conditions are subject to change in the hour
It's in your bones and it goes right through you
It's thick of fog and you can't see across the road
Now the sun is splitting the rocks
Above you and me in the middle of peace talks
Maybe we'll wait and decide our fate when summer's over
Oh, you and me are like Newfoundland weather
We're hard to predict, can it get any better?
We got thunder and lightning and a love turning sour
Conditions are subject to change in the hour
No we shouldn't beat it to death
But maybe there's hope for us yet
Patterns are shifting, a calm spell is here, so we're on hold
Pile all the blankets on
Don't jump to conclusions that winter is gone
Close the windows 'cause to night it might snow
Oh, you and me are like Newfoundland weather
We're hard to predict, can it get any better?
We got thunder and lightning and a love turning sour
Conditions are subject to change in the hour
All winter long we were so down
It happens when the sun don't come out
A cold front is coming in from the
Northeast just to test your soul
Oh, you and me are like Newfoundland weather
We're hard to predict, can it get any better?
We got thunder and lightning and a love turning sour
Conditions are subject to change in the hour
Lyrics submitted by orchy
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