ABOUT:
This was the first demo I shared with the band. It was comedically rough and underdeveloped with hardly any lyrics except “but I’m on my way back in.” What the shit does that mean? We didn’t know yet. So after giving it a fair listen, we forgot all about it and moved on to other songs like “How it Feels” and “Needle and Thread.” It wasn’t until the rest of the album had been written and recorded that we remembered this song and realized that now we knew what those words in the chorus stood for. Amassing all of the ideas on the record, I wrote the rest of the lyrics to “Way Back In,” which - to us at least – became an entryway into all the feelings of this record. – Tim Perry
Lyrics:
So far out of focus
Hardly see the miles ahead
Feel so isolated
Like I don’t know where
I ought to begin
But I’m on my way back in
There’s always been a river
Running through the thoughts in my head
On and on forever
Until it didn’t even make any sense
But I’m on my way back in
All this time
Counting my steps
Don’t it feel nice
When I’m back in
I’m not myself
Out of my skin
I’ll be alright
When I’m back in
Always was a river
Running through the thoughts in my head
On and on forever
With the wreckage all around me
Trying to take me with it
For as long as I remember
And I’ve been saying this whenever I can
It’s fine if they don’t listen
Because it never was intended for them
And I’m on my way back in