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.
Living coma take me in
Paralyze and numb the skin
Death on Monday
Down a fifth on Tuesday
Church on Wednesday save me now
Banging on the big door
What the hell ya good for
Never leave a widow at home
Woke up in the night to fight the sweat
and kill the pain
She was right beside me but I think
I might be slipping away
[Chorus]
(and) It won't be long and down we fall
Cuz living a life insane kills us all
And I pray tonight on peace of mind
This vicious cycle's mine
Round and round I go
In vicious cycles
Always find my way
To let you down
Tumble like a ragdoll
Put me through a brick wall
Pull me up I'll do it again
So disoriented like I'm caught up
in a maze
Afraid of all the demons always
begging me to come out and play
[Chorus]
Vicious cycles drag me in
Rise so high then fall again
Tumble like a ragdoll
Stumble through a brick wall
Humble me deliver the pain
Banging on the big door
Hanging on for one more
Maybe paranoid but I think I
might be going insane
Down we fall
[Chorus]
This vicious cycle's mine
This vicious cycle's mine
Paralyze and numb the skin
Death on Monday
Down a fifth on Tuesday
Church on Wednesday save me now
Banging on the big door
What the hell ya good for
Never leave a widow at home
Woke up in the night to fight the sweat
and kill the pain
She was right beside me but I think
I might be slipping away
[Chorus]
(and) It won't be long and down we fall
Cuz living a life insane kills us all
And I pray tonight on peace of mind
This vicious cycle's mine
Round and round I go
In vicious cycles
Always find my way
To let you down
Tumble like a ragdoll
Put me through a brick wall
Pull me up I'll do it again
So disoriented like I'm caught up
in a maze
Afraid of all the demons always
begging me to come out and play
[Chorus]
Vicious cycles drag me in
Rise so high then fall again
Tumble like a ragdoll
Stumble through a brick wall
Humble me deliver the pain
Banging on the big door
Hanging on for one more
Maybe paranoid but I think I
might be going insane
Down we fall
[Chorus]
This vicious cycle's mine
This vicious cycle's mine
Lyrics submitted by X3PK
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