Thames Water
Urban Despair: Unveiling the Dark Essence in Archy Marshall's 'Thames Water'
Lyrics
I don't make money off them anymore
I no longer profit from them
He said, reaching for the pile of scores
Someone reaching for a stack of musical scores
I offer no remorse
No apologies or guilt expressed
Man sat at the bar waging his wars
A man at the bar immersed in his personal struggles
Onto the cats enjoying their main course
Observation of cats enjoying their meal
And i guess these speakers help ignore
The speakers providing a distraction or escape
Bartender knows all my floors
The bartender is aware of the speaker's flaws or issues
She looks as if she knows
Repetition of a woman's knowing look, and the assertion that the speaker's blood is good
She looks as if she knows
-She looks as if she knows
-My blood is good
-She looks as if she knows
Continuation of the theme of the woman's knowing look
She looks as if she knows
-She looks as if she knows
-When it rains it fucking pours
Metaphor for difficult times, with rain symbolizing challenges affecting everyone
Sky opens its mouth and spits to the floor
-Soakin' all of us down to the core
-She spent every day escaping thought
A woman escaping reality through substance abuse, losing her abilities
Cubicle girl scrambles on all fours
-She lost her powers in the powder she adored
-Somethin' in the water contorted my mind
Reflection on the impact of something in the water on the speaker's and a woman's mental state
Distorted in the water with war in our eyes
-This inner city life treats me like shit
-Somethin' in the water contorted her mind
-Distorted in the water with war in our eyes
-This inner city life treats me like
-Girl, this place is evil
Description of the city as evil, losing its love for its people, and the speaker feeling disconnected
Its lost its love with of its people
-Its got me losin touch
-Girl, this place is evil
-Its lost its love with of its people
-Its got me losin touch
-Somethin' in the water contorted her mind
Continued reflection on the negative effects of something in the water on the woman's mind
Distorted in the water with war in our eyes
-This inner city life treats me like shit
-Somethin' in the water contorted her mind
-Distorted in the water with war in our eyes
-This inner city life treats me like shit
-Girl this place is evil
Reiteration of the city's negative qualities and the speaker losing touch
Its lost its love with of its people
-Girl, its got me losin touch
-I think I'm losing touch
The speaker expressing a sense of losing touch
I think I'm losing
-Something in the water contorted her mind
Final reflection on the impact of something in the water on the woman's mind and the harsh reality of inner city life
Distorted in the border with war in our eyes
-This inner city life treats me like shit, girl
-Something in the water contorted her mind
-Distorted in the water with war in her eyes
-This inner city life treats me so shit
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