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.
would you lay with me in a field of stone
if my needs were strong, would you lay with me
should my lips grow dry,
would you wet them, dear
in the midnight hour,
if my lips were dry
would you go away to another land
walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
wipe the blood away from my dying hand
if I give myself to you
would you lay with me
in the stream of life
when the moon is full,
would you bathe with me
will you still love me,
when I'm down and out
in my time of trial,
would you stand by me
would you go away to another land
walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
wipe the blood away from my dying hand
if I give myself to you
would you lay with me
in a field of stone
if my needs were strong,
would you lay with me
if my needs were strong, would you lay with me
should my lips grow dry,
would you wet them, dear
in the midnight hour,
if my lips were dry
would you go away to another land
walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
wipe the blood away from my dying hand
if I give myself to you
would you lay with me
in the stream of life
when the moon is full,
would you bathe with me
will you still love me,
when I'm down and out
in my time of trial,
would you stand by me
would you go away to another land
walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
wipe the blood away from my dying hand
if I give myself to you
would you lay with me
in a field of stone
if my needs were strong,
would you lay with me
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