Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
{J.G. Thirwell)
The SNOT-GREEN sea - the SCROTUM-TIGHTENING sea
Cast thine bread upon the water - the SALTY water of the BRINY DEEP
Eternal backstroke in the vasty deep of the ocean of fire and brimstone
Looking at a haunted void - I'm all at sea, flat on thine back
As buoyant as the Titanic fifty years on so COME ON, Neptune, DRAG ME DOWN
Tadpole in the dead dead sea - FIREWATER! FIREWATER!
That drip drip drip is making me sick/That drip drip drip is making me sink
I'm condemned to eternal WATER TORTURE
This time the decider has shown no quarter
I just had a backyard coathanger job from the SINNER SORTER, SOUL ABORTER
Fire and water, firewater, water torture, WATER TORTURE
I could walk on water 'til I landed in strife now I'm treading water
NOW I SWIM FOR MY LIFE
My wetsuit's got a hole in it's pocket
Stuck my wet to in a live hot socket
STUCK MY WET TOE IN A LIVE HOT SOCKET, WET TOE IN A LIVE HOT SOCKET
Water everywhere can't see the horizon... can't even be WASHED UP or BEACHED
Not even a TERN to keep my eyes on... I shouldn't've practised what BEELZEBUB
Preached...
I'm condemned to eternal WATER TORTURE
This time the decider has shown no quarter
I just had a backyard coathanger job from the SINNER SORTER, SOUL ABORTER
FIRE AND WATER FIREWATER WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE!!!
Must've bought my life from a used car salesman... only one previous owner
I must've bought my life from a used car salesman... one previous owner...
A little old lady... wish she'd driven it to church on Sunday
Four flat tyres - break an AXLE one day
That drip drip drip is making me sick/That drip drip drip is making me sink
That drip drip drip is making me drink/That drip drip drip is making me sick
I'm condemned to eternal WATER TORTURE
This time the decider has shown no quarter
I JUST HAD A BACKYARD COATHANGER JOB FROM THE SINNER SORTER, SOUL
ABORTER
FIRE AND WATER FIREWATER WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE!!!
WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE
The SNOT-GREEN sea - the SCROTUM-TIGHTENING sea
Cast thine bread upon the water - the SALTY water of the BRINY DEEP
Eternal backstroke in the vasty deep of the ocean of fire and brimstone
Looking at a haunted void - I'm all at sea, flat on thine back
As buoyant as the Titanic fifty years on so COME ON, Neptune, DRAG ME DOWN
Tadpole in the dead dead sea - FIREWATER! FIREWATER!
That drip drip drip is making me sick/That drip drip drip is making me sink
I'm condemned to eternal WATER TORTURE
This time the decider has shown no quarter
I just had a backyard coathanger job from the SINNER SORTER, SOUL ABORTER
Fire and water, firewater, water torture, WATER TORTURE
I could walk on water 'til I landed in strife now I'm treading water
NOW I SWIM FOR MY LIFE
My wetsuit's got a hole in it's pocket
Stuck my wet to in a live hot socket
STUCK MY WET TOE IN A LIVE HOT SOCKET, WET TOE IN A LIVE HOT SOCKET
Water everywhere can't see the horizon... can't even be WASHED UP or BEACHED
Not even a TERN to keep my eyes on... I shouldn't've practised what BEELZEBUB
Preached...
I'm condemned to eternal WATER TORTURE
This time the decider has shown no quarter
I just had a backyard coathanger job from the SINNER SORTER, SOUL ABORTER
FIRE AND WATER FIREWATER WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE!!!
Must've bought my life from a used car salesman... only one previous owner
I must've bought my life from a used car salesman... one previous owner...
A little old lady... wish she'd driven it to church on Sunday
Four flat tyres - break an AXLE one day
That drip drip drip is making me sick/That drip drip drip is making me sink
That drip drip drip is making me drink/That drip drip drip is making me sick
I'm condemned to eternal WATER TORTURE
This time the decider has shown no quarter
I JUST HAD A BACKYARD COATHANGER JOB FROM THE SINNER SORTER, SOUL
ABORTER
FIRE AND WATER FIREWATER WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE!!!
WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE WATER TORTURE
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