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.
Let's take a map of the world
Tear it into pieces
All of the boys and the girls
Will see how easy it is
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
All that we need at the start's
Universal Revolution (That's all!)
And if we trust in our hearts
We'll find the solutions
Took a plane across the world
Got in a car
When I had reached my destination
I hadn't gone far
Let's take the whole of the world
The mountains and the sand
Let all the boys and the girls
Shape it in their hands
By Fistan Majere
Tear it into pieces
All of the boys and the girls
Will see how easy it is
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
All that we need at the start's
Universal Revolution (That's all!)
And if we trust in our hearts
We'll find the solutions
Took a plane across the world
Got in a car
When I had reached my destination
I hadn't gone far
Let's take the whole of the world
The mountains and the sand
Let all the boys and the girls
Shape it in their hands
By Fistan Majere
Lyrics submitted by Fistan
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"Took a plane across the world Got in a car When I had reached my destination I hadn't gone far"
Environmental issues here, perchance?
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To pull it all down and start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith or, I prefer To think that things couldn't turn out worse
This band has gone through many And then...This song has saved me in my young loner years.
Not Environmental Issues - that line is a prequel to People are people.
This is an awesome song - Take a map and tear it to pieces and let the kids put it back together - they just do it without regard to borders or cultures or religions.
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