It uses metaphors like a river running dry and the last tree falling to describe the point of no return for a toxic system.
We'll never get free, lamb to the slaughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?The price of your greed, your son and your daughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?
Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Kevin Hissink / Jordan Benjamin / Chester Krupa CarboneBlood // Water lyrics © Sony/atv Tunes Llc, Sony/atv Ballad, Position Music Publishing, Lyon Estates Worldwide grandson - Blood Water (Audio)
Beg me for mercyAdmit you were toxicYou poisoned me just forAnother dollar in your pocketNow I am the violenceI am the sicknessWon't accept your silenceBeg me for forgiveness
The narrator takes on the persona of "the people," "the storm," and "the riot," representing a collective uprising against those in power. It uses metaphors like a river running dry
What's your alibi? What's your alibi?What you gon' do when there's blood in the, blood in the water?When there's blood in the waterWh-, wh-, when there's blood in the-Wh-, wh-, when there's blood in the water
We'll never get free, lamb to the slaughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?The price of your greed is your son and your daughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water? What's your alibi
We'll never get free, lamb to the slaughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?The price of your greed is your son and your daughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?