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.
(guy): Her locker's down the hall. I've counted seventeen from mine.
(girl): Does he see me? Does he even know that I'm close by?
(guy): We're in the hallway always at half past nine.
(girl): Would he ever get to know me? Would he take the time?
(guy): Just need to find a way to break the ice, then I'll be fine.
(girl): How to initiate, to set the tone and catch his eye?
(guy): I ask my buddy. He's got a simple plan to try.
(girl): I'll ask his friend I know and maybe get him on my side.
(friend): Simple song, simple plan.
(guy): I'll walk up and grab her hand?
(friend): You don't have to say a word.
(guy): 'Cause if I did I'd lose my nerve.
(friend): You like her...
(guy): ...and she likes me. We'd make eachother's lives complete...
(guy and girl): ...but if this is so simple, why are we so scared to meet?
(guy): Dressed in that hoodie she looks so cute that I could die.
(girl): Was it worth it? I picked these clothes with him in mind.
(guy): I want to tell her so, but I'd stop breathing...I'm too shy.
(girl): I wish he'd talk to me - I'd talk to him, but be denied.
(girl): Please tell your friend that I'm in love with him.
(friend): I'll tell my friend that you're in love with him.
(girl): And if he laughs just tell him you're joking..and then...
(friend): And if he laughs I'll tell him I'm joking and then.
(girl): ...just let me know, I'll cry myself to sleep. Alone again.
(guy and girl): We're both retarded for eachother, why is this hard? We're spending time being scared when we should be in eachother's arms.
(girl): Does he see me? Does he even know that I'm close by?
(guy): We're in the hallway always at half past nine.
(girl): Would he ever get to know me? Would he take the time?
(guy): Just need to find a way to break the ice, then I'll be fine.
(girl): How to initiate, to set the tone and catch his eye?
(guy): I ask my buddy. He's got a simple plan to try.
(girl): I'll ask his friend I know and maybe get him on my side.
(friend): Simple song, simple plan.
(guy): I'll walk up and grab her hand?
(friend): You don't have to say a word.
(guy): 'Cause if I did I'd lose my nerve.
(friend): You like her...
(guy): ...and she likes me. We'd make eachother's lives complete...
(guy and girl): ...but if this is so simple, why are we so scared to meet?
(guy): Dressed in that hoodie she looks so cute that I could die.
(girl): Was it worth it? I picked these clothes with him in mind.
(guy): I want to tell her so, but I'd stop breathing...I'm too shy.
(girl): I wish he'd talk to me - I'd talk to him, but be denied.
(girl): Please tell your friend that I'm in love with him.
(friend): I'll tell my friend that you're in love with him.
(girl): And if he laughs just tell him you're joking..and then...
(friend): And if he laughs I'll tell him I'm joking and then.
(girl): ...just let me know, I'll cry myself to sleep. Alone again.
(guy and girl): We're both retarded for eachother, why is this hard? We're spending time being scared when we should be in eachother's arms.
Lyrics submitted by Some Guy
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this song owns. it's just so cute and simple.