From the album herts on fire
This is about self-imposed isolation that looks like abandonment. svn4vr spent third year alone in his room, phone on DND, and now wonders where everyone went. The trick is he already knows it's his fault. The chorus keeps asking the question anyway because knowing you did this to yourself doesn't make the room feel less empty.
Too many places, yeah, too many places / I've been alone, yeah, in my room
The first line feels like it's going somewhere, like he's been everywhere. Then he pulls back. Actually he's been nowhere, just his room, staring at the ceiling. The fake-out matters because it shows how isolation warps your sense of scale.
In third year, I ain't chat to nobody, I was all alone / I was screaming, 'Where's all the bros?' / But I know it's my fault, yeah
He admits culpability in the same breath as the complaint. This is the whole song in three lines. The self-awareness doesn't fix anything, it just sits there next to the loneliness.
Tried to call me on Monday, yeah / I couldn't hear, DND my phone, yes
They did try. He had Do Not Disturb on. This flips the chorus question from rhetorical to literal answer he already has. The repetition of 'DND my phone' three times in a row sounds like he's trying to convince himself it was justified.
Would you count on me? / Herts on fire, herts on fire
The question changes from 'where did you go' to 'would you count on me,' which is what he's actually asking. The 'herts on fire' line is maybe a regional reference , but it lands like everything around him is burning while he's still in the room asking questions he knows the answers to.
The question 'where did everybody go' is rhetorical until it isn't. svn4vr knows they tried to reach him and he didn't pick up. The song is about living in the gap between knowing what you did and doing anything different. The outro asking 'would you count on me?' is the real question underneath. He already knows the answer.