Backwater

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Backwater by Meat Puppets

About Backwater

Backwater is a notable song by Meat Puppets that marked a significant turning point in their career. Released as the lead single from Too High to Die in 1994, it represented the band's most successful mainstream breakthrough after over a decade of underground success. The song's distinctive sound blends their characteristic country-punk fusion with more polished production values, courtesy of producer Paul Leary (of Butthole Surfers fame). The track achieved unprecedented commercial success for the band, reaching multiple Billboard charts: No. .

Backwater Lyrics

[00:18.40] And when I wake up in the morning
[00:22.58] To feel the daybreak on my face
[00:26.78] There's a blood that's flowin' through the feeling
[00:30.65] With a knife to open up the sky's veins
[00:35.64] Some things will never change
[00:39.20] They stand there looking backwards
[00:41.64] Half unconscious from the pain
[00:43.51] They may seem rearranged
[00:47.79] In the backwater swirling
[00:50.25] There is something that will never change
[00:52.92] And when I shoulda been gone a long time
[00:56.72] Laughs and says, I find ways
[01:01.04] Just when we're sheltered under paper
[01:05.18] The rockets come at us sideways
[01:09.54] Some things will never change
[01:13.29] They stand there looking backwards
[01:16.04] Half unconscious from the pain
[01:18.24] They may seem rearranged
[01:22.29] In the backwater swirling
[01:24.39] There is something that will never change
[01:30.55] Hey, I'm blind
[01:35.74] Good, fine
[01:39.81] Roll the time
[01:43.63] On whose dime
[01:48.67]
[02:05.16] And when I wake up in the morning
[02:09.45] To feel the daybreak on my face
[02:13.25] There's a blood that's flowin' through the ceiling
[02:17.00] With a knife to open up the sky's veins
[02:22.16] Some things will never change
[02:25.40] They stand there looking backwards
[02:28.49] Half unconscious from the pain
[02:30.66] They may seem rearranged
[02:34.58] In the backwater swirling
[02:37.07] There is something that will never change
[02:39.82] Some things will never change
[02:43.02] They stand there looking backwards
[02:45.87] Half unconscious from the pain
[02:48.16] They may seem rearranged
[02:52.24] In the backwater swirling
[02:54.86] There is something that will never change
[02:59.81]

From the album: 90s Grunge