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Saw you down across the water
You're floating safely in the way you do
Then I scrammed before you saw me
I've gotta keep thinking you wanna to
[Chorus:]
By the shoreline, will you be fine
Or will it cover you
And when you taste it, do you embrace it
What will you let it do
We grab a look across the water
We grab a smile and then you're gone a while
With you it'd be across the water
When I'm losing it I like your style
By the shoreline, will you be fine
Or will it cover you
And when you taste it, do you embrace it
What will you let it do to you
Come on, baby!
Drive me out of my mind
If I come home alone with you
And see what you do
This is crazy
And nothing more I want to see
Is that the safest place to sit
And be so spacey
Scary things across the water
You'd never know
Till they have their way with you
You won't catch me deep in the water
However much I wanna play with you
Don't stay in long
No one's that strong
Enough not to crumble
Whenever the water wants you
Don't be so crazed
I'm just tryin' to save
You from losing everything you've got
This is no time to rot
Don't be fooled by
All the coolness rushing by
Don't let it grab your mind
Pull out now or you will find
All you strive for
Nothing, gone, no more
You're his servant now
You're floating safely in the way you do
Then I scrammed before you saw me
I've gotta keep thinking you wanna to
[Chorus:]
By the shoreline, will you be fine
Or will it cover you
And when you taste it, do you embrace it
What will you let it do
We grab a look across the water
We grab a smile and then you're gone a while
With you it'd be across the water
When I'm losing it I like your style
By the shoreline, will you be fine
Or will it cover you
And when you taste it, do you embrace it
What will you let it do to you
Come on, baby!
Drive me out of my mind
If I come home alone with you
And see what you do
This is crazy
And nothing more I want to see
Is that the safest place to sit
And be so spacey
Scary things across the water
You'd never know
Till they have their way with you
You won't catch me deep in the water
However much I wanna play with you
Don't stay in long
No one's that strong
Enough not to crumble
Whenever the water wants you
Don't be so crazed
I'm just tryin' to save
You from losing everything you've got
This is no time to rot
Don't be fooled by
All the coolness rushing by
Don't let it grab your mind
Pull out now or you will find
All you strive for
Nothing, gone, no more
You're his servant now
Lyrics submitted by ShiverForMe
Water Lyrics as written by Joseph Donald Mascis Jr
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
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I've always assumed that 'water' is a metaphor to the drugs. The lines:
By the shoreline, will you be fine? Or will it cover you? And when you taste it, will you embrace it? What will you let it do to you?
especially hammer this point home. If you're in a situation where you're very close to the 'water', will you be ok? Will you become an addict?
I have to say...<br /> <br /> I hate that so many songs are refered to drugs, not becuase I find them a bad subject, but because I like variety. But this interpretation seems very likely.
I like the above interpretation a lot. I however, had another slant on it. I think the song might be about the temptations of having an affair. You see him/her (the object of a possible affair) in the water and you're trying to decide whether to jump in with them (have a physical relationship) or to remain on the shore (playful flirtation). The song is also saying don't be fooled into having the affair because it just won't work out for you. But again, I love the reference to this song being about drugs. That makes as much sense as my affair theory does, if not more.<br />