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.
Mouthful of cavities
Your soul's a bowl of jokes
And everyday you remind me
How I'm desperately in need
See, I got a lot of fiends around
And they're peaking through nothing new
They see you
They see everything you do
See everything on the inside, out
Oh, please give me a little more
And I'll push away those baby blues
Cause one of these days this will die
So will me and so will you
I write a letter to a friend of mine
I tell him how much I used to love watch him smile
See I haven't seen him smile in a little while
Haven't seen him smile in a little while
But, I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughin' from the inside out
I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughing from the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside out
Your soul's a bowl of jokes
And everyday you remind me
How I'm desperately in need
See, I got a lot of fiends around
And they're peaking through nothing new
They see you
They see everything you do
See everything on the inside, out
Oh, please give me a little more
And I'll push away those baby blues
Cause one of these days this will die
So will me and so will you
I write a letter to a friend of mine
I tell him how much I used to love watch him smile
See I haven't seen him smile in a little while
Haven't seen him smile in a little while
But, I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughin' from the inside out
I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughing from the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside out
Lyrics submitted by bubbrock316
Mouthful of Cavities Lyrics as written by Christopher Thorn Brad Smith
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alright, i just have to say i hope i dont ruin the song for anyone, this is just my interpitation.....here goes
-Mouthful of cavities Your soul's a bowl of jokes And everyday you remind me How I'm desperately in need-
I see this like the narrorater was with someone he really likes when they were alone, but was a totally different person when they were with other people (...bowl of jokes), but liked this person so much he couldnt let them go(everyday you remind me of how im desperatly in need)
-See, I got a lot of fiends around And they're peaking through nothing new They see you They see everything you do-
he is talking about how these are his feinds, his feelings he wants to keep in and not show anyone, he thinks he sees better in the other person and yadda yadda yadda
-See everything on the inside, out-
same deal
-Oh, please give me a little more And I'll push away those baby blues Cause one of these days this will die So will me and so will you-
I have something in my mind, but i just cant really put it to words.....kinda...sorry
-I write a letter to a friend of mine I tell him how much I used to love watch him smile See I haven't seen him smile in a little while Haven't seen him smile in a little while -
this friend is himself, because since this other person was the only person he belived in, until they did this thing to show that they werent a true friend or something, he decided he started looking at himself in a different light, and trying to remember back before this person, back when he smiled....
-But, I know you're laughing from the inside out-
he cant get this person off his mind now, and he knows how they betrayed him or something, i dunno
im terribly sorry if i ruined this song for anyone, this is just how i feel after a hard day, its now 2:48AM, goodbye