Strong Water

Verse 1

I turned the kettle on and let it scream The copper on the floor remembers where I pressed it The silver keeps developing in the dark The grid has a heartbeat, night prints darker than the day I am someone entirely new

Pre-Chorus

The body lists toward a sea that isn't there The brain torques around the bad thing Like a hand on a banister it doesn't trust

Chorus

Up from the soil, up from the soil What mends is what keeps going Up from the soil, up from the soil The chant that rises without a word I will stay till the settling comes

Verse 2

Pressed copper to the doorframe and it held the shape Electroplated silver from the bones of strangers' X-rays The sky was orange when I arrived The sky is orange now I'm not leaving

Bridge

To know the dark - go dark To know the cold - go cold The water doesn't lie about what you are It just reminds you you're made of things that move

Chorus

Up from the soil, up from the soil What mends is what keeps going Up from the soil, up from the soil The chant that rises without a word I will stay till the settling comes

Outro

Not the settled - the settling Not the fixed - the developing Thank you for this troubled time Thank you for the amber light I will stay I will stay