Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
New Album: "The Beautiful Machine" coming out May 27th!
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All of my music is 100% to download, and to use in your videos (Creative Commons - Attribution).
Lyrics, MP3 and other goodies here:
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Check out my second channel for my new #TinyTunes:
youtube.com/joshwoodwardstuff
joshwoodward.com for 180+ more free songs!
facebook.com/joshwoodwardmusic
twitter.com/joshwoodward
Special thanks to Stephanus Surjaputra, Martin Dunst, Algirdas Gurevicius, J.C., Shirley Taylor-Prakelt, Clémence Liberge, Michael, Jon Stanley and Torben Deumert!
All of my music is 100% to download, and to use in your videos (Creative Commons - Attribution).
Every single person you have ever feared
Who made you want to hide away and disappear
Who laughed at your misfortune and then called you weird
They're mostly just bags of water
The kid who broke your glasses in the second grade
Who took your lunch money in the playground shade
Who made you feel helpless and so afraid
They're mostly just bags of water
All the people on the street, are just skin upon the meat
With a scaffolding of bone and sinew
It's a beautiful machine, but it's lipids and proteins
And carbohydrates locked within you
So when you want to talk to the girl down the block
And you're scared of feeling like a stalker
Just remember that you both, underneath your fancy clothes
Are only just bags of water
The girl who you took to the senior prom
Who went to freshen up but then she took so long
The guy you found her kissing in the parking lot
They're both just bags of water
The driver in the semi in the passing lane
Who's backing up the traffic all the way to Spain
The cop who pulls you over when you drive like a Saint
Are mostly just bags of water
[Chorus]
Before you start, to think you're smart
And different from the rest
Like there's something deep and so unique
That's hiding in your flesh
Don't forget that you
are a bag of water too
[Chorus]
I remember the snow
From times so long ago
All stacked in piles, that went up for miles in the air
I'd climb right up to the top
The tallest kid on the block
Did the piles get smaller, did I get taller
Did everything just shrink away
I can't remember the change
But everything has rearranged
Every day
There's something that goes away
It's leaking like a faucet
I never knew I lost it
Until I wake up old and grey
And every day
I wake up and see my face
The reflection is familiar
Just dustier and blurrier
Till suddenly a stranger shakes my hand
The one-way arrow of time
You can choose to ignore the sign
But you don't get to do the driving, or know when you're arriving there
The seconds, minutes and days
They pass with a gentle pace
But suddenly stack up
Watchin' as we rack up
The changes that we never see
But we are never the same
Don't blink your eyes or you might miss it
[Chorus]
You can't chase the breeze cuz you're never gonna catch it
Can't stop the seas, when the waves come crashing
Can't hold your dreams when the sunlight fills the room
When you're asleep, when you're awake
The sum of every breath you take
Invisible, but slowly multiplied
[Chorus x 2]
New Album: "The Beautiful Machine" coming out May 27th!
joshwoodward.com for 180+ more free songs!
facebook.com/joshwoodwardmusic
twitter.com/joshwoodward
All of my music is 100% to download, and to use in your videos (Creative Commons - Attribution).
Lyrics, MP3 and other goodies here:
joshwoodward.com/song/BagsOfWater
Check out my second channel for my new #TinyTunes:
youtube.com/joshwoodwardstuff
joshwoodward.com for 180+ more free songs!
facebook.com/joshwoodwardmusic
twitter.com/joshwoodward
Special thanks to Stephanus Surjaputra, Martin Dunst, Algirdas Gurevicius, J.C., Shirley Taylor-Prakelt, Clémence Liberge, Michael, Jon Stanley and Torben Deumert!
All of my music is 100% to download, and to use in your videos (Creative Commons - Attribution).
Every single person you have ever feared
Who made you want to hide away and disappear
Who laughed at your misfortune and then called you weird
They're mostly just bags of water
The kid who broke your glasses in the second grade
Who took your lunch money in the playground shade
Who made you feel helpless and so afraid
They're mostly just bags of water
All the people on the street, are just skin upon the meat
With a scaffolding of bone and sinew
It's a beautiful machine, but it's lipids and proteins
And carbohydrates locked within you
So when you want to talk to the girl down the block
And you're scared of feeling like a stalker
Just remember that you both, underneath your fancy clothes
Are only just bags of water
The girl who you took to the senior prom
Who went to freshen up but then she took so long
The guy you found her kissing in the parking lot
They're both just bags of water
The driver in the semi in the passing lane
Who's backing up the traffic all the way to Spain
The cop who pulls you over when you drive like a Saint
Are mostly just bags of water
[Chorus]
Before you start, to think you're smart
And different from the rest
Like there's something deep and so unique
That's hiding in your flesh
Don't forget that you
are a bag of water too
[Chorus]
I remember the snow
From times so long ago
All stacked in piles, that went up for miles in the air
I'd climb right up to the top
The tallest kid on the block
Did the piles get smaller, did I get taller
Did everything just shrink away
I can't remember the change
But everything has rearranged
Every day
There's something that goes away
It's leaking like a faucet
I never knew I lost it
Until I wake up old and grey
And every day
I wake up and see my face
The reflection is familiar
Just dustier and blurrier
Till suddenly a stranger shakes my hand
The one-way arrow of time
You can choose to ignore the sign
But you don't get to do the driving, or know when you're arriving there
The seconds, minutes and days
They pass with a gentle pace
But suddenly stack up
Watchin' as we rack up
The changes that we never see
But we are never the same
Don't blink your eyes or you might miss it
[Chorus]
You can't chase the breeze cuz you're never gonna catch it
Can't stop the seas, when the waves come crashing
Can't hold your dreams when the sunlight fills the room
When you're asleep, when you're awake
The sum of every breath you take
Invisible, but slowly multiplied
[Chorus x 2]
