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.
Fall in love with a twisted lady
Suicide with a cover girl
Spend all your time then you got stuck paying the price
Whoa, uptown, kick it down, into a spin
Face the wall, take it all, you just can't win
Can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand, I can't stand the heartache
No, you got caught in the line of fire, a bystander innocence
You held your own 'til it wasn't yours anymore
Waste away another day into the night
You're at home by the phone, it don't seem right
Can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand, I can't stand the heartache
You held me like a prisoner
And I don't know
Why I stayed here from the start
Whoa, uptown, run me down under your wheels
I pray, one day, you'll know how it feels
Can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand the heartache
Suicide with a cover girl
Spend all your time then you got stuck paying the price
Whoa, uptown, kick it down, into a spin
Face the wall, take it all, you just can't win
Can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand, I can't stand the heartache
No, you got caught in the line of fire, a bystander innocence
You held your own 'til it wasn't yours anymore
Waste away another day into the night
You're at home by the phone, it don't seem right
Can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand, I can't stand the heartache
You held me like a prisoner
And I don't know
Why I stayed here from the start
Whoa, uptown, run me down under your wheels
I pray, one day, you'll know how it feels
Can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand the heartache, so bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart, but that's just the way it goes
I can't stand the heartache
Lyrics submitted by thekronic420
Can't Stand the Heartache Lyrics as written by Rachel Southworth David Sabo
Lyrics © ROUND HILL CARLIN, LLC
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