An article from Flaunt Magazine in February 2020 states: “According to Strauss, the song came from a place of frustration, the internal conflict between feeling like you’re not doing enough and like you’re caring too much. Deep underwater, a certain tranquility can be found.”
[Verse 1]
I never made it up
Never got inside
Never brought it back
Never earned it
I've been staying up
Sleeping on the side
Got a fresh pack
And I burned it
[Pre-Chorus]
And it's funny cause you spelled it out
Told me exactly what it is I do
Don't make your money, take your Daddy out
Don't let your dogs out if I'm by the pool
[Chorus]
I lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
I'm everybody's favorite daughter
[Verse 2]
You're a hard look
You're a long drag
Of a Marlboro
Ever heard that?
Like you'd say no
Like it's that bad
Like you don't know
That I'm like that
[Pre-Chorus]
And it's crazy cause you wrote it down
So I could get it as my next tattoo
Don't fucking call up on it's pretty now
Don't get your hair get wet while you're at the pool
[Chorus]
I lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
I'm everybody's favorite daughter
[Bridge]
When you're gone baby who will want me?
Don't you promise me, won't you promise me you'll haunt me?
When you're gone baby who will hear me?
I don't need you to, I just want you to be near me
[Chorus x2]
I lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
I'm everybody's favorite daughter
I lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
Lower myself into the water
I'm everybody's favorite daughter
[Outro]
I lowered myself into the water
She knew I wasn't really her daughter
But she still wants me, she still wants me
Baby promise me that you'll haunt me
Water was written by Sophie Strauss & Grant Cornish.
Sophie Strauss released Water on Thu Feb 27 2020.