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Perfect water - the dark wind braids the waves that grays birds.
'Ware the tree. Is this our destiny?
To join our hands at sea - and slowly sink, and slowly think:
This is perfect water, passing over me.

Do you know Jacques Cousteau when they said on the radio
That he hears bells in random order, deep beneath the perfect water?
Love! That is frightening, but still so inviting.
To drown inside a sound that lay so far underground.
And to think... And to think:
This is perfect water, passing over me.

To flow inside the spiral tide;
To drown my eyes like a blind ride.
And to cross the perils of black water -
It waits for me like mother and daughter.
A life of perfect order! A strange and perfect water!
A life of perfect order! A strange and perfect water!

Perfect water. I dream this dream within my deep and warm gulf stream.
Where two blocks of ice melt into my hands like dice,
And I roll seven on the floor of the sea!
And I roll seven on the floor of the sea!
And I feel the perfect water, washing over me.

To flow inside the spiral tide;
To drown my eyes like a blind ride.
And to cross the perils of black water -
It waits for me like mother and daughter.
A life of perfect order! A strange and perfect water!
A life of perfect order! A strange and perfect water!
A life! A strange!
A life! A strange!
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shut On Dec 18, 2001
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Cover art for Perfect Water lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

I think if Blue Oyster Cult ever did a song about suicide... this is it.

Personally, i have a deep fear(get it... deep..) of water and drowning. Also of things being in the water with me and my being unaware.

But i do love this song.

@Nate556 I think you may just be right. I've heard this song so many times but never really gave the lyrics much thought. After reading your comment, I read the lyrics and it does make sense.

Cover art for Perfect Water lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

I always thought of this song as letting you worries wash away from you and having the waters cleanse you. Now that i read the lyrics it seems to be a song about exploring the ocean.

Cover art for Perfect Water lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

It's a great contemplation on death and the freedom it brings, not unlike a number of other song by Cult. It's amazing; Love Dharma's voice.

 
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