Bad Water

So you want me to drench a desert Bad water is all I've got You ask me to imbue the poor Bad water is all I've got So you want to perceive your life? Bad water is in your mind Joy will never fill your heart Red water turns into the tar I am a cracked jar Bad water‘s running through my eyes I leak! It burns! But still I can be refilled – It returns… It kills a seed, kills a breed Smothers everything we need Plugging our pores up Flakes of salt drag to the start… Our lips are dry from constant cry Our mouths are made of chalk and sand If only we took one last sip Backwater carried away for a final trip The sky is a cracked jar (cracked jar) Bad water's running through the clouds (running through the clouds) It leaks! It burns! But still I can be refilled It returns… Until we wash our feet in a creek Till we spit in a cup and then drink Till we curse upon the sea Until the land can't shed a single tear… Bad water is all we will be Bad, bad water Bad, bad water Bad, bad water Bad water is all we can be Bad, bad water Bad, bad water

Submitted by NecroLord — Feb 23, 2026