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.
[Hook]
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
[Verse 1]
Riding down the road, switch lane to lane
Now you're not around, I'm not feeling the same
Flying around the world, meeting all these girls
They love me for the night and nothing else
But I still think about what we had
[Hook]
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
[Verse 2]
Looking around the room, there's nothing to find
The love that I need is all inside
I heard that you be still crying
Too damn bad that you were lying
Living in the sky when I'm still flying
I still think about baby if I'm trying too damn hard
To make it back into your, all your little mind games that you play
Wondering if I'm the one that's insane
[Hook]
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
[Bridge]
Feeling so much better you're not putting me down
Hope you think about me when I'm not around
Know you think about me when I'm not around
Know you think about me when I'm not around
Feeling so much better you're not putting me down
[Outro]
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
[Verse 1]
Riding down the road, switch lane to lane
Now you're not around, I'm not feeling the same
Flying around the world, meeting all these girls
They love me for the night and nothing else
But I still think about what we had
[Hook]
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
[Verse 2]
Looking around the room, there's nothing to find
The love that I need is all inside
I heard that you be still crying
Too damn bad that you were lying
Living in the sky when I'm still flying
I still think about baby if I'm trying too damn hard
To make it back into your, all your little mind games that you play
Wondering if I'm the one that's insane
[Hook]
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
Cause I loved you
I loved you
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
When I loved you
[Bridge]
Feeling so much better you're not putting me down
Hope you think about me when I'm not around
Know you think about me when I'm not around
Know you think about me when I'm not around
Feeling so much better you're not putting me down
[Outro]
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
When I loved you
I know you think about me
When I'm not around
But I'm feeling so much better
You're not putting me down
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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