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.
Please don't forget me, I'm going away.
I'm taking a taxi to Kentucky, where they don't even know
All about me; I just need to feel safe.
I've got a thousand sweaters, and shoes, and paintings to hide;
The skeletons in my way, (don't ask where) I'm going
I'm going away, I'm going my way.
Finally, it's my time, to be lonely enough. Unloved and I can't wait.
Don't forget what I said; don't forget my letter.
Every night I pray for you.
I don't got a religion. isn't that something? I miss those days.
I see that bottle; it's now ten years aged.
I've got the marbles I could sell for money;
Got a pair of fresh shaved legs.
Won't you baby come with me?
I've got a extra space
In my car, in my heart, in my mind
Look there's the passenger seat by the boat that you gave
Don't know where I'm going
I'm going away, I'm going my way.
Finally it's my time, to be lonely enough. Unloved and I can't wait.
Don't forget what I said; don't forget my letter.
Every night I pray for you,
I don't got a religion. isn't that something? I miss those days.
Well he said, slow down; slow down;
Think it over; we've all got wretched closets.
A silly girl pride kills more than AIDS
Lately I say come on, I've thought it over,
I don't wanna die here; I've no desire to get married.
I can't read the others anymore.
Alone; I must learn to race myself
I'm going away, I'm going my way
Finally it's my time, to be lonely enough. Unloved and I can't wait
Please forget what I said, please forget my letter.
Every night I pray for you;
I don't got a religion to think that something will make those days.
I, I'm not going halfway
I'll find my way
I, I, every night I pray for you,
Don't believe in Heaven or that it could be a happy place
I, I'm going away
I'm taking a taxi to Kentucky, where they don't even know
All about me; I just need to feel safe.
I've got a thousand sweaters, and shoes, and paintings to hide;
The skeletons in my way, (don't ask where) I'm going
I'm going away, I'm going my way.
Finally, it's my time, to be lonely enough. Unloved and I can't wait.
Don't forget what I said; don't forget my letter.
Every night I pray for you.
I don't got a religion. isn't that something? I miss those days.
I see that bottle; it's now ten years aged.
I've got the marbles I could sell for money;
Got a pair of fresh shaved legs.
Won't you baby come with me?
I've got a extra space
In my car, in my heart, in my mind
Look there's the passenger seat by the boat that you gave
Don't know where I'm going
I'm going away, I'm going my way.
Finally it's my time, to be lonely enough. Unloved and I can't wait.
Don't forget what I said; don't forget my letter.
Every night I pray for you,
I don't got a religion. isn't that something? I miss those days.
Well he said, slow down; slow down;
Think it over; we've all got wretched closets.
A silly girl pride kills more than AIDS
Lately I say come on, I've thought it over,
I don't wanna die here; I've no desire to get married.
I can't read the others anymore.
Alone; I must learn to race myself
I'm going away, I'm going my way
Finally it's my time, to be lonely enough. Unloved and I can't wait
Please forget what I said, please forget my letter.
Every night I pray for you;
I don't got a religion to think that something will make those days.
I, I'm not going halfway
I'll find my way
I, I, every night I pray for you,
Don't believe in Heaven or that it could be a happy place
I, I'm going away
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Going Away Lyrics as written by Meg Frampton Dia Frampton
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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