Backwater
Meat Puppets * Track #9 On Too High to Die
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Backwater by Meat Puppets
Release Date
Performed by
Meat PuppetsWrited by
Curt Kirkwood & Cris KirkwoodAbout
For one expert music sociologist’s interpretation of “Backwater”, see pp. 212-215 of The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood by Matthew Smith-Lahrman.
In an interview with Songfacts Meat Puppets bassist Curt Kirkwood stated,
I’ve always liked Elvis' gospel albums, and gospel in general. S...
Backwater Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And when I wake up in the morning
To feel the daybreak on my face
There's a blood that's flowin' through the feeling
With a knife to open up the sky's veins
[Chorus]
Some things will never change
They stand there looking backwards
Half unconscious from the pain
They may seem rearranged
In the backwater swirling
There is something that will never change
[Verse 2]
And when I shoulda been gone a long time
Laughs and says, I find ways
Just when we're sheltered under paper
The rockets come at us sideways
[Chorus]
Some things will never change
They stand there looking backwards
Half unconscious from the pain
They may seem rearranged
In the backwater swirling
There is something that will never change
[Bridge]
Hey, I'm blind
Good, fine
Roll the time
On whose dime
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
And when I wake up in the morning
To feel the daybreak on my face
There's a blood that's flowin' through the ceiling
With a knife to open up the sky's veins
[Chorus]
Some things will never change
They stand there looking backwards
Half unconscious from the pain
They may seem rearranged
In the backwater swirling
There is something that will never change
Some things will never change
They stand there looking backwards
Half unconscious from the pain
They may seem rearranged
In the backwater swirling
There is something that will never change
[Instrumental Outro]
Backwater Q&A
Who wrote Backwater's ?
Backwater was written by Curt Kirkwood & Cris Kirkwood.
Who produced Backwater's ?
Backwater was produced by Meat Puppets & Paul Leary.
When did Meat Puppets release Backwater?
Meat Puppets released Backwater on Tue Jan 25 1994.