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