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.
I gave you all I had
I gave you good and bad
I gave but you just threw it back
I won't get on my knees
Don't make me do that, please
I've been away, but now I'm back
Don't be too sure of that
What makes you sure of that?
You went away, you can't come back
I walked away from you
I hurt you through and through
Aww, honey, give me one more chance
Aww, you're a lucky son
Lucky son of a gun
You went away, you went away
You went away, but now you're back
I got down on my knees
And then I begged you, please
I always knew you'd take me back
I gave you good and bad
I gave but you just threw it back
I won't get on my knees
Don't make me do that, please
I've been away, but now I'm back
Don't be too sure of that
What makes you sure of that?
You went away, you can't come back
I walked away from you
I hurt you through and through
Aww, honey, give me one more chance
Aww, you're a lucky son
Lucky son of a gun
You went away, you went away
You went away, but now you're back
I got down on my knees
And then I begged you, please
I always knew you'd take me back
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I love Hope Sandaball shes so tiny. pretty self explanitory meanings
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