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.
no es la primera vez que me encuentro tan cerca
de conocer la locura,
y ahora por fin, ya sé qué es
no poder controlar
ni siquiera tus brazos
y sientes que están
completamente agotados
y no entiendes por qué
antes o después, debería intentarlo,
someterme a su hechizo, olvidando mentir
en otro nivel, no querer recordar
ni siquiera el pasado
que sientes que está
completamente agotado
y no entiendes por qué
vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
mientras todo da igual,
mientras toda da igual...
ganar o perder, sé que nunca me importa,
lo que embruja es el riesgo
y no dónde ir
y subes otro nivel, y no puedes llegar
ni siquiera a tocarlo.
y sientes que estás
completamente agotado,
y no entiendes por qué
vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
y, mientras, vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
mientras todo da igual
y ahora vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
y, mientras, vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
mientras todo da igual...
nueve, ocho, siete, seis, cinco, cuatro, tres, dos, uno...
By Fistan Majere
de conocer la locura,
y ahora por fin, ya sé qué es
no poder controlar
ni siquiera tus brazos
y sientes que están
completamente agotados
y no entiendes por qué
antes o después, debería intentarlo,
someterme a su hechizo, olvidando mentir
en otro nivel, no querer recordar
ni siquiera el pasado
que sientes que está
completamente agotado
y no entiendes por qué
vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
mientras todo da igual,
mientras toda da igual...
ganar o perder, sé que nunca me importa,
lo que embruja es el riesgo
y no dónde ir
y subes otro nivel, y no puedes llegar
ni siquiera a tocarlo.
y sientes que estás
completamente agotado,
y no entiendes por qué
vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
y, mientras, vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
mientras todo da igual
y ahora vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
y, mientras, vámonos de esta habitación
al espacio exterior
se nublan los ojos
todo de un mismo color
mientras todo da igual...
nueve, ocho, siete, seis, cinco, cuatro, tres, dos, uno...
By Fistan Majere
Lyrics submitted by Fistan
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