In an interview with Billboard, Shaun Morgan discussed how the song came to be:
The inspiration behind that song, and pretty much everything else on this album, is looking around at society and seeing how, in my mind, it seems to be crumbling in the sense that we worship and idolize vapid and empty...
[Verse 1]
You're weak and tired
It's always a scent in the air
It seems you're trying
To capture what's not really there
And so, remember
The ones that you used up for gain
You'll live forever
With no side effects of your shame
[Chorus]
So run, get a little further away from me
Burn, a little bit of fire in your apathy
So rake, every little piece that you take from me
Don't turn your back 'til there's nothing that's left of me
[Verse 2]
The thirst has woken
And nobody seems so aware
The fakes and liars
Are newly elected as heirs
Opine, and render
Your judgments from basements and chairs
Maligned, we fester
It seems you're all so self-aware
[Chorus]
So run, get a little further away from me
Burn, a little bit of fire in your apathy
So rake, every little piece that you take from me
Don't turn your back 'til there's nothing that's left of me
[Bridge]
Can you feel it going down?
Is it lost to your attention?
Break the seal and drink it down
Until you've lost your apprehension
[Chorus]
So run, get a little further away from me
Burn, a little bit of fire in your apathy
So rake, every little piece that you take from me
So run, get a little further away from me
Nothing Left was written by Shaun Morgan.
Nothing Left was produced by Shaun Morgan.
Seether released Nothing Left on Thu Apr 13 2017.