Fresh Water
Freeing Minds: Joshua Bond's Tale of Poisoned Waters and Lost Thoughts
Lyrics
They got fresh water where I come from
There's access to clean water in my place of origin
And if they let you in you can have some
If permitted, outsiders can also have access to it
It's no bother, you can have some of mine
Willing to share one's own water
They put chemicals in to control your brain
Authorities manipulate water with chemicals for control
But don't mind those, still tastes the same
Despite the manipulation, the water tastes unaffected
Everybody drinks it, so it must be fine
Assuming it's safe because everyone consumes it
They got fresh air, they say it's clean
Claiming clean air, though potential contaminants are invisible
If there's something in there, well it can't be seen
Indicating pollution obscured by the appearance of cleanliness
So everybody breathes it, it's just a little bit of fog
Accepting polluted air due to its deceptive appearance
They got big ol' towers that scrape the sky
Referencing imposing skyscrapers
You can climb for hours til you're way up high
Highlighting the obstructed view due to pollution
Oh the view would be brilliant if it wasn't for the smog
The water provided is harmful, affecting mental states
The water that they give you is poison
Emphasizing the water's effect on worries and perception
It washes all the worries from your mind
Indicating rationalization due to the water's influence
It makes you see reason
Referring to lesser value placed on independent thinking
It snuffs out the treasonous kind
Implying contamination despite external appearances
There's puddles round the drain
Describing contaminated areas and the illusion of purity
But there's poison in the rain
Cautioning against rainwater due to pollution
Drink any other water you can find
Advising against drinking the provided water
The children will tell you they are thirsty
Warning against allowing children to consume the water
But you must not let them drink
Fear that allowing children to conform will hinder critical thinking
Or by the time your children have grown
Concern about erasing children's ability to question
They will have forgotten they were ever allowed to think!
Fear of conditioning children against independent thought
They got fresh water where I come from
Reiteration of access to clean water at the origin
It keeps you in line, it makes your brain numb
Describing the water's influence on compliance and numbing the mind
But the children are dying, they'll have to drink some
Recognizing the peril faced by children due to the polluted water
They make you crazy
Describing the effects of the contaminated water
And then they make you like it
Implying an acceptance of the altered mental state
I'm getting hazy
Feeling disoriented due to the water's impact
I never felt nothing quite like it
Expressing a unique experience caused by the water
They make your mind shrink
Describing the water's diminishing effect on the mind
Then they convince you that you're guilty
Indicating manipulation leading to a false sense of guilt
And the more that you drink
Highlighting the addictive nature of the polluted water
The more it makes you feel thirsty
Increasing thirst as a result of consuming the contaminated water
The water from the creek tastes fresher
Comparing the purity of natural water to the polluted one
They don't put anything in there
Emphasizing the lack of contamination in natural water sources
Pure H2O, and it seems to flow from nowhere
Describing the source of pure, uncontaminated water
Drinking it will free you
Suggesting freedom through consuming pure water
Just don't let them see you
Advising secrecy to avoid repercussions for drinking pure water
They'll hang you for that, beware
Warning of severe consequences for defying the norm
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