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.
You can call me the sheik of tomorrow
Sleeping on the burning sand
You can call me the king of the cowboys
'Cause everybody shakes my hand
You can call me the soft shoe banana
You can peel away my skin
You can call me The Last of The Teenage Idols
You can hang me in the morning
Sell my ball and chain
You can sink me in the ocean
And I'll swim back home again
You can make love to my secretary
You can steal my money too
You can call me the last of the big time spenders..aahh
Grab your partners come inside. Outside there's no place to hide
Tell your story to the man next door. He has heard it many times before
Stayin' out late to play that thing. Ah, do that diddy dah dah a ding ding ding
Hold my hand, here we go, come on baby don't be slow
'Cause I'm The Last of the Teenage Idols!
The Last of the Teenage Idols!
Sixteen ducks, only one drake
All flocked together in the middle of the lake
They all had boats and row-a-thon
A big sand castle at the bottom of the moat
Rock three, who, me?
I wouldn't be at all surprised
Hold tight, all night, keeping me satisfied
A big fat mama on her hands and knees
Cryin' out baby, baby please, please, please
I gotta keep going. I can't keep still
I gotta get to the top of the hill
Ok, Alright, I wanna stay out late tonight
Hold my hand, don't be slow
Come on baby here we go
I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
The Last of the Teenage Idols
The Last of the Teenage Idols
Last of the Teenage Idols
I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
The Last
Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la woh...ohhh...
I was the winner of the Teenage Idol competition
And I knew in my heart we would never part, mmm...
I was the winner of the Teenage Idol competition
And I knew, mmmm, uhh...adlib and fade
Sleeping on the burning sand
You can call me the king of the cowboys
'Cause everybody shakes my hand
You can call me the soft shoe banana
You can peel away my skin
You can call me The Last of The Teenage Idols
You can hang me in the morning
Sell my ball and chain
You can sink me in the ocean
And I'll swim back home again
You can make love to my secretary
You can steal my money too
You can call me the last of the big time spenders..aahh
Grab your partners come inside. Outside there's no place to hide
Tell your story to the man next door. He has heard it many times before
Stayin' out late to play that thing. Ah, do that diddy dah dah a ding ding ding
Hold my hand, here we go, come on baby don't be slow
'Cause I'm The Last of the Teenage Idols!
The Last of the Teenage Idols!
Sixteen ducks, only one drake
All flocked together in the middle of the lake
They all had boats and row-a-thon
A big sand castle at the bottom of the moat
Rock three, who, me?
I wouldn't be at all surprised
Hold tight, all night, keeping me satisfied
A big fat mama on her hands and knees
Cryin' out baby, baby please, please, please
I gotta keep going. I can't keep still
I gotta get to the top of the hill
Ok, Alright, I wanna stay out late tonight
Hold my hand, don't be slow
Come on baby here we go
I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
The Last of the Teenage Idols
The Last of the Teenage Idols
Last of the Teenage Idols
I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
The Last
Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la woh...ohhh...
I was the winner of the Teenage Idol competition
And I knew in my heart we would never part, mmm...
I was the winner of the Teenage Idol competition
And I knew, mmmm, uhh...adlib and fade
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