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.
Time to go but I know we're ready
Hard to leave when it looks so pretty
I think that I forgot,
The life I lived got lost in city lights
There's the school where we all grew up in
Looks the same but they painted over our names
We etched in marker
That's the day it all got harder
Time moved on
Thirty years gone over
Even though we're older
Our hearts are forever, hearts are forever here
Our hearts are forever, hearts are forever here
Walking out on the old [?]
It's the place where I kissed Christina
And everybody saw us,
It had everybody talking, alright
I wonder how little Charlie's doing
Knock the door, see how he's been living
His mother hasn't saw him
Since she flew across to Boston late last year
She says he's got a daughter
Who looks just like her father
But his heart's still forever, heart's still forever here
His heart's still forever, heart's still forever here
It all happened too fast, too soon
There's no point of looking back, it's no use
His heart's still forever, heart's still forever here
I remember when I was a child
Looking up to my brother
He was always looking at the only road out
Twenty years are over
Even though we're older
Our heart's are forever, heart's are forever here
Our heart's are forever, heart's are forever here
Our heart's are forever, heart's are forever here
Our heart's are forever, forever here
Hard to leave when it looks so pretty
I think that I forgot,
The life I lived got lost in city lights
There's the school where we all grew up in
Looks the same but they painted over our names
We etched in marker
That's the day it all got harder
Time moved on
Thirty years gone over
Even though we're older
Our hearts are forever, hearts are forever here
Our hearts are forever, hearts are forever here
Walking out on the old [?]
It's the place where I kissed Christina
And everybody saw us,
It had everybody talking, alright
I wonder how little Charlie's doing
Knock the door, see how he's been living
His mother hasn't saw him
Since she flew across to Boston late last year
She says he's got a daughter
Who looks just like her father
But his heart's still forever, heart's still forever here
His heart's still forever, heart's still forever here
It all happened too fast, too soon
There's no point of looking back, it's no use
His heart's still forever, heart's still forever here
I remember when I was a child
Looking up to my brother
He was always looking at the only road out
Twenty years are over
Even though we're older
Our heart's are forever, heart's are forever here
Our heart's are forever, heart's are forever here
Our heart's are forever, heart's are forever here
Our heart's are forever, forever here
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96
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