Water That Flows
Abismo Cavado e Medicado
Everything that connects
Can also disconnect
With a gesture, a click, or silence
No one learns to stay anymore
Because staying takes a toll
And the cost is scary
Our actions slip away like water through our fingers
The tighter we grip, the faster it slips away
No one wants depth they want secrets
Fast, rootless, leaving no trace behind
Intimacy has an expiration date
The bond is a burden, commitment weighs us down
We've replaced love with availability
We call it a connection, but it's just a transaction
No fixed form, no structure, no center
We mold ourselves into what the other wants us to be
And when it no longer fits, it's gone not even inside
What remains is the trace of who we once truly were
Water that flows leaves no mark
Water that flows has no roots
We're liquid, and loneliness sets sail
On the same boat that made us this way
The consumerism of relationships discards us
When the new model appears in the window
Loyalty is weakness, affection drifts away
From anything that isn't optimized
And social media multiplies our connections
But multiplying connections isn't the same as belonging
We have thousands of faces, no substance
And the result is a thirst that hurts to behold
No fixed form, no structure, no center
We mold ourselves to what others want us to be
And when we no longer fit, it's over not even inside
All that remains is the trace of what we once truly were
Water that flows leaves no mark
Water that flows has no roots
We're fluid, and loneliness boards
The same boat that made us this way
Disposable
Disposable
Disposable
Replaced before we're done
Not because we're worthless, but because the system
Never learned what it means to endure
But water can also fill the ocean
It can cut through rock, it can nourish
The problem isn't being fluidit's being empty
It's not having the courage to build
Water that flows leaves no mark
Water that flows has no roots
We are liquid, and loneliness boards
The same boat that made us this way
Water that flows
Leaves no mark
Has no roots