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 can tell by the weight of your words, that this is over. All the "should've but could'ves" can no longer be. This is the second daeth in the exquisite art of forgetting. And I promise. And I promise this to you I'll burn this evotion clean filling every hole in my heart. All of these melancholy moments can sometimes sink. Everything you were is fiction. Everything youa re is fiction and if you see the chin downm tongue tied this is all I have to offer. I thought I'd better be asking. This is my last laugh in this place of dying. And for you, this is the last goodbye yo'll ever here. It's not suppose to end like this.
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well, i agree with you, i've discovered them with that album...and it's genius music.
"Everything youa re is fiction and if you see the chin downm tongue tied this is all I have to offer. I thought I'd better be asking. " Actual lyrics: "Everything you are is fiction; and if you see me chin down and tongue tied, this is all I have to offer. I thought I'd never be asking."