Water
Jamaican Queens Lyrics


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you took my heart
and I just sat there drinking water
and my heart
suffered more and more each day
when we're apart my love
you lay me like a child would
and take my heart
please let me lie down on your couch
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
I don't even wanna
I don't even need the things she sends
I don't wanna listen to you
I don't want to spend time with her friends
I don't wanna do things for her
I don't wann go down on her
I don't wanna tell you it's the end
ain't a love trap
aren't you a mess
you wear it well
I need you stressed
you're scared to die
alone I know
you could be mine
you could be
ain't a love trap
aren't you a mess
you wear it well
I need you stressed
you're scared to die
alone I know
you could be mine
you could be
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them




and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Jamaican Queens' song "Water" describe a person whose heart is broken and suffering because of a lover who does not reciprocate their feelings. Despite this, they continue drinking water, perhaps indicating a sense of detachment or numbness to their own emotions. The singer longs to be close to their lover, to be comforted and loved, but feels stuck in a situation where they must pretend to be only friends. The repetition of the phrase "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am" suggests that the singer feels guilty for their unrequited feelings, as though they are a burden on their lover.


The second half of the song seems to address the lover directly, telling them that they could be theirs, but also criticizing them for being a mess and needing to be stressed. The line "you wear it well" could be interpreted as ironic, suggesting that the lover is putting on a facade of being put-together when in reality they are a mess. The song ends on the same lines that it began, emphasizing the cyclical nature of the singer's suffering and longing.


Line by Line Meaning

you took my heart
You have my heart, I have given it to you.


and I just sat there drinking water
I am left alone, feeling empty and unfulfilled.


and my heart
My love or feelings.


suffered more and more each day
As time goes on, it feels like my love and feelings are being hurt more and more each day.


when we're apart my love
When we are not together.


you lay me like a child would
You comfort me and take care of me as if I were a child.


and take my heart
You have my love and feelings.


please let me lie down on your couch
I want to rest and relax with you.


and time and time again
Repeatedly.


I tell my baby we're just friends
I tell my significant other that we are just friends.


and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
Despite what I say, she spends time with our mutual friends.


and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
She shares her perspective and thoughts with them, and they listen to her because she is inexperienced or 'virgin' in certain ways.


I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
I apologize, genuinely sorry for the pain and hurt that I have caused.


I don't even wanna
I do not want to.


I don't even need the things she sends
I do not need or want the things that she gives or sends me as a gesture of her love.


I don't wanna listen to you
I do not want to hear what you have to say.


I don't want to spend time with her friends
I do not want to spend time with our mutual friends because of the tension that exists between us and because of the pain that our relationship has caused.


I don't wanna do things for her
I do not want to go out of my way to do things for her anymore.


I don't wann go down on her
I do not want to engage in intimacy with her.


I don't wanna tell you it's the end
I do not want to tell you that our relationship is over.


ain't a love trap
This is not a situation where love is holding me captive or stuck.


aren't you a mess
You are a mess or complicated.


you wear it well
You handle or deal with it well.


I need you stressed
I need you to feel the pressure and stress of our situation.


you're scared to die
You fear being alone or losing me forever.


alone I know
I know what it feels like to be alone.


you could be mine
You have the potential or capability of being mine or my partner.


and time and time again
Repeatedly.


I tell my baby we're just friends
I tell my significant other that we are just friends.


and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
Despite what I say, she spends time with our mutual friends.


and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
She shares her perspective and thoughts with them, and they listen to her because she is inexperienced or 'virgin' in certain ways.


I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
I apologize, genuinely sorry for the pain and hurt that I have caused.


and time and time again
Repeatedly.


I tell my baby we're just friends
I tell my significant other that we are just friends.


and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
Despite what I say, she spends time with our mutual friends.


and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
She shares her perspective and thoughts with them, and they listen to her because she is inexperienced or 'virgin' in certain ways.


I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
I apologize, genuinely sorry for the pain and hurt that I have caused.


and time and time again
Repeatedly.


I tell my baby we're just friends
I tell my significant other that we are just friends.


and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
Despite what I say, she spends time with our mutual friends.


and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
She shares her perspective and thoughts with them, and they listen to her because she is inexperienced or 'virgin' in certain ways.


I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
I apologize, genuinely sorry for the pain and hurt that I have caused.




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@hdzrx

you took my heart
and I just sat there drinking water
and my heart
suffered more and more each day
when we're apart my love
you lay me like a child would
and take my heart
please let me lie down on your couch
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
I don't even wanna
I don't even need the things she sends
I don't wanna listen to you
I don't want to spend time with her friends
I don't wanna do things for her
I don't wann go down on her
I don't wanna tell you it's the end
ain't a love trap
aren't you a mess
you wear it well
I need you stressed
you're scared to die
alone I know
you could be mine
you could be
ain't a love trap
aren't you a mess
you wear it well
I need you stressed
you're scared to die
alone I know
you could be mine
you could be
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
and time and time again 


 

I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I really am
and time and time again
I tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to th



All comments from YouTube:

@Cynn98

God its been so long since this first came out, this song has always been amazing!

@pbrown6127

Why wasn't this song bigger. Stuck in my head for years.

@art_eries

THIS SONG ON REPEAT FOREVER. <3

@cedouglass

Yeah, that's where I'm at too.

@ImDaFox

Song is great.
Video is... yeah. It is a video.

@WhiteShadow123ss

ImDaFox it has a poethic meaning.

@CamilleLouisa

handsdown one of the best songs ever

@Zalisnki

Can not stop listening.

@immikeynirock3551

I remember going to house shows in Detroit and seeing then "Prussia" always loved these guys especially in the early days

@ThomVogl

remember the AC Rich in pontiac? those shows were so fucking good

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