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.
Got a hole in my head and my heart tonight
Well you shot me down, you just ain't right
Comes a time when you know you must let go
I know, I know
We fixed it, but it's broken
Got a feeling we gonna get this wrong
And even I can't be this strong
It's a breath that you take right before you die
We lie and lie can't say we didn't try though
So here we go
Take my body, not my soul
Took me high and left me low
I honestly never imagined we'd get this far
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
Throw my head out the window
Feel the wind, make me whole
Write my name up in the sky
As we contemplate goodbye
I don't know, we don't know, where we go
There's not a holy man or prayer in sight
There's not a priest around to read our rights
There's no magic balm to save our lives
I know, I know
We've both always been broken
But you had a way of making me forget
All the sadness rollin' 'round my head
That was until I wished us dead
You had my heart I wish you would have kept it
This world, we know
It takes our bodies, not our souls
It takes us high and leaves us low
But they honestly never imagined we'd get this far
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
Throw my head out the window
Feel the wind, make me whole
Write my name up in the sky
As we contemplate goodbye
I don't know, we don't know, where we go
Death is in the air tonight
I can smell the fear inside
We can see when we close our eyes
That's it's alright (it's alright), it's alright
Promise me you'll stay with me (stay with me)
If just for one more night (one more night)
You can hold me honestly (honestly)
'Cause it's alright (it's alright), it's alright
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
Throw my head out the window
Feel the wind, make me whole
Write my name up in the sky
As we contemplate goodbye
I don't know, we don't know, where we go
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
I don't know, we don't know
Take me home
Well you shot me down, you just ain't right
Comes a time when you know you must let go
I know, I know
We fixed it, but it's broken
Got a feeling we gonna get this wrong
And even I can't be this strong
It's a breath that you take right before you die
We lie and lie can't say we didn't try though
So here we go
Take my body, not my soul
Took me high and left me low
I honestly never imagined we'd get this far
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
Throw my head out the window
Feel the wind, make me whole
Write my name up in the sky
As we contemplate goodbye
I don't know, we don't know, where we go
There's not a holy man or prayer in sight
There's not a priest around to read our rights
There's no magic balm to save our lives
I know, I know
We've both always been broken
But you had a way of making me forget
All the sadness rollin' 'round my head
That was until I wished us dead
You had my heart I wish you would have kept it
This world, we know
It takes our bodies, not our souls
It takes us high and leaves us low
But they honestly never imagined we'd get this far
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
Throw my head out the window
Feel the wind, make me whole
Write my name up in the sky
As we contemplate goodbye
I don't know, we don't know, where we go
Death is in the air tonight
I can smell the fear inside
We can see when we close our eyes
That's it's alright (it's alright), it's alright
Promise me you'll stay with me (stay with me)
If just for one more night (one more night)
You can hold me honestly (honestly)
'Cause it's alright (it's alright), it's alright
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
Throw my head out the window
Feel the wind, make me whole
Write my name up in the sky
As we contemplate goodbye
I don't know, we don't know, where we go
There's a road that takes me home
Take me fast or take me slow
I don't know, we don't know
Take me home
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Where We Go Lyrics as written by Alecia Moore Gregory Kurstin
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