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Track 3 – Drinking the Future Dry

(Connecting AI, EVs & Global Extraction)

“We’re building the new tomorrow… while we watch our waters die.”

This track marks a critical turning point in the Water Wars EP—where the quiet devastation of AI and EV technology converges with the brutal reality of global mining. “Drinking the Future Dry” bridges the themes of the first two songs and expands them outward: from Arizona data centers to Chilean copper mines, from Tesla’s promises to the parched fields they leave behind.

With pulsing intensity and mournful undertones, the lyrics peel back the illusion of “progress,” exposing the rivers sacrificed behind every glowing screen and “green” machine. It's a global dirge for vanishing water, sung through cobalt, lithium, and whispered wires.

At once beautiful and damning, this track holds nothing back—echoing the harsh question: How much water are we willing to lose for the illusion of a cleaner future?


LYRICS:

[Intro]
“Drinking… the future… dry…”

[Verse 1]
Silver clouds of data hum in Arizona heat
Meta, Google, Microsoft—your thirst is so discreet
Aquifers collapsing as the servers spin and glow
AI’s invisible engines drain the rivers we used to know

[Pre-Chorus]
Whispers in the wires, shadows in the sky
The world’s most precious water fades… and no one asks why

[Chorus]
We’re drinking the future dry, drop by drop, unseen
Sacrificing rivers for the next machine
From deserts to the delta, hear the planet’s cry
We’re building the new tomorrow while we watch our waters die

[Verse 2]
Cooling towers tremble where the cotton used to grow
Mega‑data temples steal the rain before it flows
Arizona to Texas, the wells can’t hide their shame
And every chatbot’s whisper writes another drought’s name

[Pre-Chorus]
Silent in the sunlight, our cities start to fry
While artificial brilliance… leaves the earth to die

[Chorus]
We’re drinking the future dry, drop by drop, unseen
Sacrificing rivers for the next machine
From deserts to the delta, hear the planet’s cry
We’re building the new tomorrow while we watch our waters die

[Verse 3]
Steel and lithium, cobalt in the mine
Beneath the so‑called “green,” the rivers bleed in time
Even Tesla’s Gigafactory sips the streams away
Promising a cleaner world… but someone else must pay

[Verse 4]
Deep in Chile’s mountains, copper drinks the sun
Millions of lost gallons… before the car’s begun
Batteries of progress, branded eco dreams
But water’s ghost is screaming through the cracks and broken seams

[Pre-Chorus]
From silicon to silver wheels, the cost we can’t deny
Green or gray, they drain the earth… and leave it bare and dry

[Chorus]
We’re drinking the future dry, drop by drop, unseen
Sacrificing rivers for the next machine
From deserts to the delta, hear the planet’s cry
We’re building the new tomorrow while we watch our waters die

[Bridge]
Every pixel, every mile, carries hidden rain
A billion quiet tears evaporate in vain
The screens glow brighter, the factories gleam
But parched fields whisper… “This isn’t the dream…”
Ghosts of rivers trace the scars where water used to run
Even the oceans feel the weight of what we’ve done

[Verse 5]
India and Africa, the pipelines running low
While first‑world wonders drain the streams they’ll never know
We sing of innovation, but the earth can barely breathe
When every drop of progress is another silent thief

[Chorus]
We’re drinking the future dry, drop by drop, unseen
Sacrificing rivers for the next machine
From deserts to the delta, hear the planet’s cry
We’re building the new tomorrow while we watch our waters die

[Outro]
Whispers in the wires… echoes in the sand
A world of glass and metal slipping from our hands
If water is our lifeblood… how many streams must bleed
Before the engines silence… and the planet’s voice is freed?

嫌いにさせてよ・・・ feat. SHUN

Phong Nguyễn