[8] Specifically, Bates describes Vessels as a story about a "dark dystopian" journey related to this investigation.
[8]Bates also explained that lyrically, the song was inspired by feelings of being "bastardized into someone else's monster" while working in the music industry.
[9] Loudwire described the song as being "a slower-paced track with a steady beat, led by Bates’ emotionally raw vocals".
[10] The first teaser video released for the single shows a grandfather clock in a barren field on a dark and cloudy day.
This character is shown again in the music video, staring at triangular objects floating in the sky in the beginning.