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Scared of losing all the time
He wrote it in a letter
He was a friend of mine
He heard you could see your future
Inside a glass of water
With ripples and the rhymes
He asked "Will I see heaven in mine?"
Oh that is just the way it was,
And nothing could be better,
And nothing ever was.
And they say you can see your future,
Inside a glass of water,
With riddles and the rhymes
But "will I see heaven in mine?"
Oh, oh, oh
Son, don't ask,
Neither how full nor empty is your glass,
Cling to the mast
Spend your whole life living in the past
Going nowhere fast
So he wrote it on a wall
The hollowest of halos
Is no halo at all
And Televisions selling plastic figurines of leaders
Saying nothing at all
And you chime
Stars in heaven align
Oh
Son, don't ask,
Neither how full nor empty is your glass,
Cling to the mast
Spend your whole life living in the past
Going nowhere fast
What are we drinking when we're done, just glasses of water.
He wrote it in a letter
He was a friend of mine
He heard you could see your future
Inside a glass of water
With ripples and the rhymes
He asked "Will I see heaven in mine?"
Oh that is just the way it was,
And nothing could be better,
And nothing ever was.
And they say you can see your future,
Inside a glass of water,
With riddles and the rhymes
But "will I see heaven in mine?"
Oh, oh, oh
Son, don't ask,
Neither how full nor empty is your glass,
Cling to the mast
Spend your whole life living in the past
Going nowhere fast
So he wrote it on a wall
The hollowest of halos
Is no halo at all
And Televisions selling plastic figurines of leaders
Saying nothing at all
And you chime
Stars in heaven align
Oh
Son, don't ask,
Neither how full nor empty is your glass,
Cling to the mast
Spend your whole life living in the past
Going nowhere fast
What are we drinking when we're done, just glasses of water.
Lyrics submitted by eighteesix, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Track duration: 04:45
"Glass of Water" as written by Christopher Anthony John Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Son, don't ask,
Is it half full, or empty?
Is your glass clean?
And then I ignored the other words that didn't fit, 'cause I'm like that. I think my version is more amusing, but I suppose the song isn't supposed to be amusing.
I like it anyway, though.
Thanks for posting the lyrics!
Glasses of water
That line gets me every time. He says no one can figure out the future, and by staying stuck in the past or worrying about your future you're letting your present life pass by.
And stop being anxious and worrying about things, those "ripples" in the water have no meaning, doesn't predict your future...Its just a glass of water. What a way to put it.
it speaks to me saying- just go with the flow.
when the loud music plays during the "chorus" my heart skips a beat.
i feel inspired when i hear it.