Water - Lyrics - Pain Of Salvation

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal rock band led by Daniel GildenlÃ¶w, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, oscillation between heavy and calm passages, syncopation, and polyrhythms. Thus far, every album released by the band has been a concept album. Lyrically, the band tends to address contemporary issues, such as sexuality, war, the environment, and the nature of God, humanity, and existence.

I've always loved the sound of rain Touching so softly my windowpane And then the scent of dew at dawn Coming to greet me from my moist lawn Home I always took it for granted I never valued the drops I shed I failed to see the relation Between my self and world starvation Water's for the chosen But how come we expect us to be those few Me and you? (In this hot, desolate timeglass I met this man, wearing a worn old flyer's cap Every day he had to dig 10 feet down for his daily ration of water – one poor gallon And so he did, singing while doing it) 10 feet of sand for the thirst But he gave me half of what he was given for a day All for thirst and sanity use While we use up hundred times more What do we do with it? Pipes and bathtubs, sprinklers and fountains Freshwater used as a dump for oil and nuclear waste "Desert people turns humble" he said They know what they have But do they know what they lose when we flush? (But yet, sadly, he looked up to me. Felt a need for our greed, our "freedom". Said all he really wanted was a car and a radio. He too failed to see the relation Between our lives and his starvation) Water's for the chosen Water's for the few Water's for the chosen Water's for the few Life is for the chosen But only if we believe it to be true But we do! But I'm through I'm through I'm through I've always loved the sound of rain