I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
May I give you some good advice
May save your life one day
Before you take pleasure
You should think twice
Or else you have to pay
You can drink French champagne
'Til the night is gone
But don't drink the water
In this world you can have all you want
But don’t drink the water
Lying on the sand on the Jersey shore
Opened up my eyes
They say life is a beach
But I'm not so sure
It made me realize
You can sit in the sun
And watch your skin burn
But you can't swim in the water
There's garbage on a barge
And it's in your front yard
And you can't swim in the water
I may stumble
I may fall
Won't you please pick me up
Or at least give me a call
And if I get a thirst
A thirst that could kill
Pour me a glass
Of cool clear water
Up in the highlands of beautiful green
It's a drinker's paradise
Overhead fighters make sounds so obscene
I swear up at the skies
After Chernobyl
I drink Scotch that's old
But I don't, don't drink the water
You can sit by the stream
Until you get cold
But don't drink the water
I may wander
I may stray too far
I may often stumble
From the whiskey in the jar
But I no longer hide my face
or try to run away
It's time to join the human race
And make the bastards pay
May I give you some good advice
May save your life one day
Before you take pleasure
You should think twice
Or else you have to pay
You can drink French champagne
'Til the night is gone but
Don’t drink the water
In this world you can have all you want
But don't drink the water
But don't drink the water
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Don't drink the water
Don't drink the water
May save your life one day
Before you take pleasure
You should think twice
Or else you have to pay
You can drink French champagne
'Til the night is gone
But don't drink the water
In this world you can have all you want
But don’t drink the water
Lying on the sand on the Jersey shore
Opened up my eyes
They say life is a beach
But I'm not so sure
It made me realize
You can sit in the sun
And watch your skin burn
But you can't swim in the water
There's garbage on a barge
And it's in your front yard
And you can't swim in the water
I may stumble
I may fall
Won't you please pick me up
Or at least give me a call
And if I get a thirst
A thirst that could kill
Pour me a glass
Of cool clear water
Up in the highlands of beautiful green
It's a drinker's paradise
Overhead fighters make sounds so obscene
I swear up at the skies
After Chernobyl
I drink Scotch that's old
But I don't, don't drink the water
You can sit by the stream
Until you get cold
But don't drink the water
I may wander
I may stray too far
I may often stumble
From the whiskey in the jar
But I no longer hide my face
or try to run away
It's time to join the human race
And make the bastards pay
May I give you some good advice
May save your life one day
Before you take pleasure
You should think twice
Or else you have to pay
You can drink French champagne
'Til the night is gone but
Don’t drink the water
In this world you can have all you want
But don't drink the water
But don't drink the water
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Don't drink the water
Don't drink the water
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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