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.
When you gonna grow up?
Momma always said
Are you gonna walk around with a silly grin
And a bubble on your head?
A spaceship landed by the mall
There was a big parade, everybody got laid
And they burned all the books and the Chevrolets
And they grow so fast they never crawl
If you get tired of satellite fliers
And fame has let you down
Under the wire and over the moon
I'm alive
When you gonna grow up?
Momma always said
But I just want to walk around with a dollar bill
And a coat that never sheds
A spaceship landed on the water
It was a holiday for the underpaid
Everybody got a haircut and lemonade
And they smiled just like it was their father
If you get tired of satellite fliers
And fame has let you down
Under the wire and over the moon
I'm alive
I'm alive
Play me a (tune)
One for my radio
One for my love that came and went
So many stories
Hey man I'm sorry
This is just a song to pay the rent
To pay the rent
If you get tired of satellite fliers
And fame has let you down
Under the wire and over the moon
I'm alive
When you gonna grow up?
When you gonna grow up?
When you gonna grow up?
When you gonna grow up?
Momma always said
Are you gonna walk around with a silly grin
And a bubble on your head?
A spaceship landed by the mall
There was a big parade, everybody got laid
And they burned all the books and the Chevrolets
And they grow so fast they never crawl
If you get tired of satellite fliers
And fame has let you down
Under the wire and over the moon
I'm alive
When you gonna grow up?
Momma always said
But I just want to walk around with a dollar bill
And a coat that never sheds
A spaceship landed on the water
It was a holiday for the underpaid
Everybody got a haircut and lemonade
And they smiled just like it was their father
If you get tired of satellite fliers
And fame has let you down
Under the wire and over the moon
I'm alive
I'm alive
Play me a (tune)
One for my radio
One for my love that came and went
So many stories
Hey man I'm sorry
This is just a song to pay the rent
To pay the rent
If you get tired of satellite fliers
And fame has let you down
Under the wire and over the moon
I'm alive
When you gonna grow up?
When you gonna grow up?
When you gonna grow up?
When you gonna grow up?
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