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.
How we work
Long day afternoons mourning.
There's fruit flies on
The toothbrush and teeth
In the sink. pick and chews
Time to come
Clean. I'm eating
It up. time to
Come to. and her
Virgin birth perfect
In the room the women
Come and go talking
Of Leonardo DiCaprio
How many ways is there to count to know if
Someones dead
Long day afternoons mourning.
There's fruit flies on
The toothbrush and teeth
In the sink. pick and chews
Time to come
Clean. I'm eating
It up. time to
Come to. and her
Virgin birth perfect
In the room the women
Come and go talking
Of Leonardo DiCaprio
How many ways is there to count to know if
Someones dead
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in the room the women come and go, talking of...
a slightly altered line taken from 'the love song of j. alfred prufrock' by ts eliot. not sure how it fits within this context, but both the poem and the song are wonderful.
reading the lyrics i feel as though i'm reliving a dream i once had. just a mess of different things all jumbled together that somehow fit. the music is mesmerizing.
Sleepagent, I agree with you one hundred percent on this. It's such a wonderful song on such a wonderful album no less.
in the t.s. eliot poem, it's meant to symbolize that during that time, the wealthy and elite at their many parties would always be discussing topics such as michaelangelo without truly knowing or appreciating the artist, merely using it just as conversation. i think it applys to leonardo dicaprio at the time this was written in 97-98.
The way Tim sings in this song is so perfect against this music. The second verse, especially, blows my mind. It's like the best sounding thing I have ever heard.
Man that T.S Eliot poem is depressing. This song led me to read that poem 5 times. Both song and poem are a little ambibuous, but nonetheless, this song is amazing and the lyrics are beautiful distorted.
Man that T.S Eliot poem is depressing. This song led me to read that poem 5 times. Both song and poem are a little ambiguous, but nonetheless, this song is amazing and the lyrics are beautiful distorted.