I want nothing more than yesterday 
Give me words, something for me to stay
Losing trust in talking, can't you sway
I'm walking if it stays the same

I need everything I gave today
Climbing thunder just to hear you say
That you don't think of me
But you wanted it all anyway

I got nothing, not for you to play with
My heart is dipping, it don't pay to stay with you
Testimonial to our trust issues 

Mirror mirror, what d'you see
Tears on a faces, a tear stain in me
With a crack in my voice to hear
Your name shackling to my fears

And I 
Can't be walking 5000 miles 
Just to hear you in your yard 
Pouring oil on your cards

Believe me 
The signal won't receive me 
I think she's dead in the water 
It's killing off all my heating 
Kindly decline at the thought of her

[Chorus]
I think she's dead in the water
I've no time to waste
And she only sleeps late
So I wait and I wait and I wait and I wait by the water
I'll wade and I'll wade and I'll wade and I'll wade through the water
Kindly decline at the thought of her
Dead in the water

[Middle 8]
D'you lose your tongue, your lips are sealed on weekends
I'd ask you, oh if only we were speaking
D'you lose your mind when we were miles apart
You're breaking up, you're breaking down my heart
She don't sleep, don't smile, don't cry, don't look towards me
Don't eat, don't drink the water turns you crazy
D'you lose your mind 5000 miles apart
You're breaking up, you're breaking down my heart

[Chorus]
Dead in the water
There's no time to waste
I think she's fading away
So I'm waiting I'm waiting I'll wait in beside the water
I'm wading I'm wading I'll wade into the water
I think she's dead in the water
I think she's dead in the water


produced by Sam Stringer
Vermillion and The Moon

"DEAD IN THE WATER"  - DEMO  TRACK 1

[Verse 1]
I left the back door open, to hide what's coming next
Her sheets need changing but she's never sleeping in her bed
What's in her head is keeping you away from your friends
Dogs dinner's in the basket, told you we'd lost the plot
But that's what hope is not she'd lost it at 12 on the dot
Hot property on the surface, dead like the letters left inside
And with nothing defined

[Verse 2]
I see your thoughts are cracking
Your shadow hits the floor
I say I'm changing but your thoughts ain't holding out for more
You took the ladder from me, hoping to fix yourself again
You brought nothing but the same

[Pre chorus]
Her city walls are burning
Mutiny within
Attrition's revolution
Because attractions give in

I've been on the line
Waiting for the call
But she gave me nothing
Until the war was sold

[Chorus]
I'm older now my white hair shows
My beard is long but not as bold
Don't bring me back
Don't bring me back
Why's my new age on hold, why's my next place on hold, she sold me to the world, that Hokum Girl
Don't Bring me back
Don't Bring me back
credits
released February 21, 2020
Vocal, Lyricist: Taiwo Oshodi
Guitar, Lyricist: Zaraq Khan
Guitar, Bass: Alfie Ratcliffe
Drums, Vocal: Cameron Chandler
Vocal: Maxane Keogh
Producer: Tycho Niessen

Recorded at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Hokum Girl

Vermillion and The Moon  are an alternative rock student band formed in 2018, with influences including The Rolling Stones, Franz Ferdinand, and The Strokes.

The line up consists of lead singer  Taiwo Oshodi [writer], lead guitarist Zaraq Khan [writer], rhythm guitarist Maxane Keogh [backing vocals], drummer Cameron Chandler [backing vocals], and bassist Alfie Ratcliffe [second guitar]. The five members met at the University of Birmingham where they are currently studying.