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.
Promises made in the dark
Dissolve by the light of day (easy answers)
Ain't no telling what will be
Always been that way (easy answers)
Just one thing I know for sure
Someone got to pay (easy answers)
Ain't no easy anwers
That's what I got to say (easy answers)
Chorus:
Easy answers
Find them anywhere
(easy answers, easy answers)
Ain't nobody care
(easy answers, easy answers)
Take it nice and slow,
I don't wanna know,
I don't wanna know, No.
Love's an easy word to say
Rolls right off the tongue (easy answers)
Seems to pop up like a weed
In every song thats sung (easy answers)
Always sound so easy
When it falls upon the ear (easy answers)
Ain't no easy answers
You won't listen to me here (easy answers)
Chorus:
Shut your eyes and listen
To the colors of your mind (easy answers)
Give yourself a breath of air
Let your soul unwind (easy answers)
You don't have to say a word
If you got this to say (easy answers)
'Cause no one ever said
There gonna be an easy way (easy answers)
Chorus:
JAM
Promises made in the dark
Dissolve by the light of day (easy answers)
Ain't no telling what will be
Always been that way (easy answers)
Just one thing I know for sure
Someone got to pay (easy answers)
Ain't no easy anwers
That's what I got to say (easy answers)
Chorus:
Dissolve by the light of day (easy answers)
Ain't no telling what will be
Always been that way (easy answers)
Just one thing I know for sure
Someone got to pay (easy answers)
Ain't no easy anwers
That's what I got to say (easy answers)
Chorus:
Easy answers
Find them anywhere
(easy answers, easy answers)
Ain't nobody care
(easy answers, easy answers)
Take it nice and slow,
I don't wanna know,
I don't wanna know, No.
Love's an easy word to say
Rolls right off the tongue (easy answers)
Seems to pop up like a weed
In every song thats sung (easy answers)
Always sound so easy
When it falls upon the ear (easy answers)
Ain't no easy answers
You won't listen to me here (easy answers)
Chorus:
Shut your eyes and listen
To the colors of your mind (easy answers)
Give yourself a breath of air
Let your soul unwind (easy answers)
You don't have to say a word
If you got this to say (easy answers)
'Cause no one ever said
There gonna be an easy way (easy answers)
Chorus:
JAM
Promises made in the dark
Dissolve by the light of day (easy answers)
Ain't no telling what will be
Always been that way (easy answers)
Just one thing I know for sure
Someone got to pay (easy answers)
Ain't no easy anwers
That's what I got to say (easy answers)
Chorus:
Lyrics submitted by itsmyownmind
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