[Lyric] With Hotel Pool (The Brand New Shoes)

Lead singer in still water, oh
Mundane yellow tiles just remind you that you’re miles from home
Attempted homeliness accentuates the loneliness — hotel hospitality does both
The bottled-up daughter in the pale blue water hopes the chlorine gets her comatose

She was crying in the hotel pool, alone
She dunks her head and wonders if timе’s passing on the surface still
He saw hеr crying in the hotel pool, alone
He has a smoke and wonders if he should go
To comfort her, he moves along
Changes his mind and comes back, but she’s gone

Lead singer is still water, oh
She holds a drink she isn’t drinking as she sits in the pool thinking bout having no place to go
She pretends she’s in the ocean; she’s an airplane not-in-motion drawing pushback from the wind
She’s been waiting for the drummer, and the drummer is her brother — goes to see where he has been

She was crying in the hotel pool, alone
She dunks her head and wonders if time’s passing on the surface still
He saw her crying in the hotel pool, alone
He has a smoke and wonders if he should go
To comfort her, he moves along
Changes his mind and comes back, but she’s gone
(She wishes she could breathe underwater)
Time speeds up when the water’s still
(Breathe underwater)
She’s static and she’s unfulfilled
(Breathe underwater)
He wants her but he plays it cool
(Breathe underwater)
Missed connections in the hotel pool