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.
At the age of 15 I watched my dad get beat down
Billy clubs and black jacks filled the night time sound
Billy clubs, a concussion was the rule of law
Billy clubs start swingin here's a broken jaw
A cried for 2 weeks while I watched my dad suffer
He said try to be strong be a man for your mother
My dad grabbed my hand and said son this is drama
Get out into the world and cause some BLUNT FORCE
Get out into the world and cause some blunt force trauma (x2)
Respect, intellect, style, finesse I address
The facts of this case I confess are a mess
I argue my case with a man, judge and jury
Hold my fist in the air with defiance and fury
Rumble, tumble, fight and fall
As fast as I mumble
Line em up, sign em up
Send em out to the jungle
To digress in duress lend an ear for an ear
Hamper my progress with envy and fear
Get out into the world and cause some blunt force trauma (x2)
Ishkillyotenboten
What do you see
A man defending his home and a scared family
Boricua I am for the rest of my life
Latino in blood for the rest of my life
Never in life have I seen such cold trauma
GET OUT INTO THE WORLD AND CAUSE SOME BLUNT FORCE
Get out into the world and cause some blunt force trauma (x2)
For the rest of my life...
Billy clubs and black jacks filled the night time sound
Billy clubs, a concussion was the rule of law
Billy clubs start swingin here's a broken jaw
A cried for 2 weeks while I watched my dad suffer
He said try to be strong be a man for your mother
My dad grabbed my hand and said son this is drama
Get out into the world and cause some BLUNT FORCE
Get out into the world and cause some blunt force trauma (x2)
Respect, intellect, style, finesse I address
The facts of this case I confess are a mess
I argue my case with a man, judge and jury
Hold my fist in the air with defiance and fury
Rumble, tumble, fight and fall
As fast as I mumble
Line em up, sign em up
Send em out to the jungle
To digress in duress lend an ear for an ear
Hamper my progress with envy and fear
Get out into the world and cause some blunt force trauma (x2)
Ishkillyotenboten
What do you see
A man defending his home and a scared family
Boricua I am for the rest of my life
Latino in blood for the rest of my life
Never in life have I seen such cold trauma
GET OUT INTO THE WORLD AND CAUSE SOME BLUNT FORCE
Get out into the world and cause some blunt force trauma (x2)
For the rest of my life...
Lyrics submitted by Dead Weight
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