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.
I turned twenty-four today
February eleven was always like a holiday
Nothing still feels the way that it did, mm
Someone pulled the rug on me
I don't even remember the person I was gonna be
How did I get here? What did I miss? Mm
You wanted the water, well, you got an ocean
Baby, close your eyes and just live in the moment
All your pennies turnin' into wishes
We get so used to it that we're gettin' jaded
Always wantin' more, I know I'm too impatient
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss this
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss the friends you had at eighteen
Say, "We'll see each other soon" but I'm still waitin'
Guess growin' up is makin' plans just to cancel
Calling all your friends to say you're sorry, got your hands full
They don't tell you that you're gonna meet your icons
Back when you were takin' photos on your daddy's Nikon
Tryna be like all your heroes back in high school
Just to grow up and meet 'em and realize they're not like you
You wanted the water, well, you got an ocean
Baby, close your eyes and just live in the moment
All your pennies turnin' into wishes
We get so used to it that we're gettin' jaded
Always wantin' more, I know I'm too impatient
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss this
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
You wanted the water, well, you got an ocean
Baby, close your eyes, just live in the moment
All your pennies turnin' into wishes
We get so used to it that we're gettin' jaded
Always wantin' more, I know I'm too impatient
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss this
February eleven was always like a holiday
Nothing still feels the way that it did, mm
Someone pulled the rug on me
I don't even remember the person I was gonna be
How did I get here? What did I miss? Mm
You wanted the water, well, you got an ocean
Baby, close your eyes and just live in the moment
All your pennies turnin' into wishes
We get so used to it that we're gettin' jaded
Always wantin' more, I know I'm too impatient
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss this
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss the friends you had at eighteen
Say, "We'll see each other soon" but I'm still waitin'
Guess growin' up is makin' plans just to cancel
Calling all your friends to say you're sorry, got your hands full
They don't tell you that you're gonna meet your icons
Back when you were takin' photos on your daddy's Nikon
Tryna be like all your heroes back in high school
Just to grow up and meet 'em and realize they're not like you
You wanted the water, well, you got an ocean
Baby, close your eyes and just live in the moment
All your pennies turnin' into wishes
We get so used to it that we're gettin' jaded
Always wantin' more, I know I'm too impatient
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss this
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
You wanted the water, well, you got an ocean
Baby, close your eyes, just live in the moment
All your pennies turnin' into wishes
We get so used to it that we're gettin' jaded
Always wantin' more, I know I'm too impatient
They don't tell you that you're gonna miss this
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