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.
There's a big red sky over you and I
And it's coming and we're pumping over the ground
In desert air I hope you'll be there
Cause it's coming down
Pumping over ground
I've seen car wreck kids walk away from it
Laughed from within
I know these days will end
It's been a long time, a long time
To walk with the mighty
I won't be a martyr
So let me go, let me go
On my own I'll make do with none
I will blame no one
Slept on packing foam
I'll make it all my home
And I'll take on anyone
It's been a long time, a long time
To walk with the mighty
I won't be a martyr
So let me go, let me go
And I'll take on anyone
These days they're not done
The red summer sun
And it's coming and we're pumping over the ground
In desert air I hope you'll be there
Cause it's coming down
Pumping over ground
I've seen car wreck kids walk away from it
Laughed from within
I know these days will end
It's been a long time, a long time
To walk with the mighty
I won't be a martyr
So let me go, let me go
On my own I'll make do with none
I will blame no one
Slept on packing foam
I'll make it all my home
And I'll take on anyone
It's been a long time, a long time
To walk with the mighty
I won't be a martyr
So let me go, let me go
And I'll take on anyone
These days they're not done
The red summer sun
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The Red Summer Sun Lyrics as written by Brad Hargreaves Arion Salazar
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