Reality Lyrics – Car Seat Headrest

Reality Lyrics by Car Seat Headrest is a new english song by Car Seat Headrest. The track is released on carseatheadrest’s official YouTube channel, written by Will Toledo, Andrew Katz, Ethan Ives, and Seth Dalby, produced by Will Toledo, and is part of the album The Scholars. With its haunting yet cinematic soundscape, “Reality” delivers a deeply reflective experience that merges existential questioning with surreal imagery, blending lo-fi textures with emotive storytelling.

At its core, “Reality” explores the fragility of memory, the disillusionment with modern life, and the search for meaning in a world that often feels simulated or broken. The lyrics navigate through themes of nostalgia, emotional detachment, and psychological unraveling, with alternating perspectives—Artemis, Chanticleer’s Ghost, and unnamed voices—contributing to a layered narrative. The song moves from introspective recollections to metaphysical breakdowns, capturing a sense of spiritual and emotional vertigo as the ground beneath the narrator—both literally and metaphorically—collapses.

Reality Details

Song	Reality
Album	The Scholars
Artists	Car Seat Headrest
Written By	Will Toledo, Andrew Katz, Ethan Ives & Seth Dalby
Produced By	Will Toledo
Label	carseatheadrest
Language	English
Released Date	May 2, 2025

Reality Lyrics

[Verse 1: Artemis]
You did what you saw in the movies
Someone put you under a spell
In some world it is always happening
The next morning, everything went to hell

[Verse 2: Artemis]
And I play back the tapes as often as I can
But we weren’t meant to have memories this long
The pictures degrade into snowflakes, dancing
Any answer I hoped for is gone

[Verse 3: Artemis]
And that must be what drove them all crazy
They were the first ones allowed to grow old
The spark goes, but the body keeps living
You kiss your children, but they just feel the cold

[Verse 4: Artemis]
And it just slipped away on one morning
And when they woke up they found it was gone
They still sang the songs and made marry
But deep down, they knew something was wrong

[Chorus 1: Chanticleer’s Ghost]
So they called me up, said “it’s not enough
We needed new things to feel
Dead memories and the color of grief
Won’t you help us to make it real?”

Well if you can take me when the mountains break
And the sea swallows up the sky
You can ride on me, I’ll take you beyond belief
I will show you the reason why

[Verse 5: Artemis]
And in the best scene of the movie
I am driving a car that won’t stop
Distracted for sure fighting some psychic war
We all were too wasted to stop

[Verse 6: Artemis]
You said you’d take me away on a starship
But baby, why’d you have to wait so long?
In the transept, in the apse
In a selfish moment’s lapse
I fell asleep waiting for that far-off song

[Chorus 2: Chanticleer’s Ghost]
So they gave it up, said “it’s all too much
I can’t take it if this is how it feels”
Got to pay the piper, hire another writer
To tell you what is real

But if you could take me when the mountains break
And the sky spells satanic designs
You can call me up, I will call your bluff
And you can finally lose your mind

[Verse 7: Unknown]
I was warned of all this
Didn’t listen, didn’t listen
Please wake up, I need to talk to you right now

[Verse 8: Unknown]
I got bored of all this, and didn’t listen, didn’t listen
Muttering BLID to get me through the next twelve minutes

[Verse 9: Unknown]
I caught a glimpse of myself and fell right in
I fell right in
Didn’t know that there was only one way out

[Break]
Stage rest
No stage left
No stage right
No stage left
No stage right
No stage left
No stage right

[Verse 10: Chanticleer’s Ghost & Artemis]
Oh, hold onto this thread and don’t look back
Hold onto this thread and don’t look back (The earth fell out from under me, and the earth fell out from under me, and the earth fell out from under me)
Hold onto this thread and don’t look back (The earth fell out from under me, and the earth fell out from under me, and the earth fell out from under me)
Hold onto this thread- (The earth fell out from under me, and the earth fell out from under me, the-)

[Outro: Artemis & Chanticleer’s Ghost]
The earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me!)
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me!)
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me!)
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me!)
The-

Reality Lyrics Meaning

[Verse 1: Artemis]
Artemis opens the song with a cinematic reference, suggesting a life modeled after fiction, only to realize it led to chaos. The idea of being “under a spell” implies a loss of agency, and the shift from fantasy to ruin reflects a sudden confrontation with reality’s harshness.

[Verse 2: Artemis]
Here, Artemis reflects on the deterioration of memory. The inability to preserve moments clearly mirrors how nostalgia distorts the past. The imagery of “snowflakes” suggests fragility, and the realization that meaning has vanished emphasizes the futility of clinging to fading recollections.

[Verse 3: Artemis]
Artemis examines the human condition—particularly the tragedy of aging. While the mind and soul deteriorate, the body lingers on, resulting in emotional numbness even toward one’s children. It’s a bleak meditation on the disconnect between life’s rituals and inner emptiness.

[Verse 4: Artemis]
This verse reveals a cultural amnesia: society continues performing joy (singing, celebration) even though something essential has been lost. Artemis hints at a subconscious mourning for meaning that has quietly slipped away.

[Chorus 1: Chanticleer’s Ghost]
Chanticleer’s Ghost introduces an external voice of desperate yearning. People are seeking something new to feel—tired of dead memories and lingering grief. The offer to be taken “beyond belief” introduces a mystical guide who promises to reconnect them to meaning through transcendence.

[Verse 5: Artemis]
In a metaphorical car that won’t stop, Artemis symbolizes being trapped in a spiraling life event. The psychic war suggests internal turmoil, shared collectively. The group’s inability to stop hints at addiction, chaos, or spiritual inertia.

[Verse 6: Artemis]
Artemis voices disillusionment with promises of escape that never materialized. The sacred spaces—transept and apse—become backdrops for spiritual waiting, suggesting the narrator fell asleep emotionally while anticipating salvation that never came.

[Chorus 2: Chanticleer’s Ghost]
This chorus is more defeated. The initial search for meaning has become too painful, leading to resignation. The “piper” and “writer” symbolize external forces asked to impose meaning. Still, the ghost promises radical liberation—even if it leads to madness.

[Verse 7: Unknown]
A new voice expresses urgency and regret. Despite warnings, they ignored reality’s consequences. The desperate plea to wake up introduces a tone of crisis, possibly alluding to psychological collapse or a plea for connection.

[Verse 8: Unknown]
Here, the speaker continues expressing detachment, numbing themselves with repetition (“BLID”) to survive time. The monotony and apathy reflect a deeper existential fatigue.

[Verse 9: Unknown]
The narrator sees themselves clearly and becomes consumed by that vision, suggesting a fall into self-awareness or ego-death. The “one way out” implies irreversible transformation, or perhaps, the inescapability of one’s fate.

[Break]
The repeated “no stage left/right” evokes a collapse of performance or identity—there is no longer a place to act out roles. It marks the erasure of all external structure and expectations.

[Verse 10: Chanticleer’s Ghost & Artemis]
This duet fuses voices as they urge clinging to a fragile connection (“this thread”) amidst existential freefall. Artemis’s repetition that “the earth fell out from under me” emphasizes disorientation, loss of stability, and spiritual descent.

[Outro: Artemis & Chanticleer’s Ghost]
The final repetition of “the earth fell out from under me” amplifies a complete psychological and metaphysical collapse. The mantra-like structure builds a sense of urgency and surrender, leaving the listener suspended in an unresolved emotional space.

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