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.
So you're feeling like you're just a waste of space now?
and you keep feeling like you're always out of place
Don't you think it's strange you always feel the same now?
So you're feeling like you're just a waste of space now?
and you keep feeling like you're always out of place
Don't you think it's strange you always feel the same now?
Who measures the desperate measures, when it get's too tough remember
There is a space they just can't touch
and this pressure's on to be good enough
it's all the words that add weight trying to drag you down.
So you're feeling like you're just a powder keg now?
and you keep feeling like you've been cast away
Don't you think it's strange that it won't go away now?
So you think you're feeling like you can't be saved now?
and you keep feeling like everyone's taking aim
Do you feel you're being pushed and pulled and forced to change, now?
Who measures the desperate measures, when it gets too much remember
There is a space they just can't touch
and this pressure's on to be good enough
it's all the words that add weight trying to drag you down.
So remember you're still bulletproof
and remember the face stares back at you
no matter what they so no matter what they do
It can't be taken away from you
It can't be taken away and that's the truth.
So when you're feeling like you're just a waste of space now
and if you're feeling like everyone's taking aim
Don't you think it's strange we always feel the same now
Who measures the desperate measures, when it get's too much remember
There is a space they just can't touch
and this pressure's on to be good enough
it's all the words that add weight trying to drag you down.
It's all just words that add weight trying to drag you down.
and you keep feeling like you're always out of place
Don't you think it's strange you always feel the same now?
So you're feeling like you're just a waste of space now?
and you keep feeling like you're always out of place
Don't you think it's strange you always feel the same now?
Who measures the desperate measures, when it get's too tough remember
There is a space they just can't touch
and this pressure's on to be good enough
it's all the words that add weight trying to drag you down.
So you're feeling like you're just a powder keg now?
and you keep feeling like you've been cast away
Don't you think it's strange that it won't go away now?
So you think you're feeling like you can't be saved now?
and you keep feeling like everyone's taking aim
Do you feel you're being pushed and pulled and forced to change, now?
Who measures the desperate measures, when it gets too much remember
There is a space they just can't touch
and this pressure's on to be good enough
it's all the words that add weight trying to drag you down.
So remember you're still bulletproof
and remember the face stares back at you
no matter what they so no matter what they do
It can't be taken away from you
It can't be taken away and that's the truth.
So when you're feeling like you're just a waste of space now
and if you're feeling like everyone's taking aim
Don't you think it's strange we always feel the same now
Who measures the desperate measures, when it get's too much remember
There is a space they just can't touch
and this pressure's on to be good enough
it's all the words that add weight trying to drag you down.
It's all just words that add weight trying to drag you down.
Lyrics submitted by IanIsSuperRad
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it means that no matter what happens, you always have that special place you can always go for happiness. i think. "no matter what they say or what they do, it can't be taken away from you". beautiful.