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Diverted The Water From You
(Verse 1)
The weatherman promised a hundred-year storm
Said the banks of this valley couldn't keep you warm
For years I just sandbagged the nights when they fell
Told myself that the high-water marks were just stories to tell
But the pressure was building behind my own dam
I drew a new line with a shaky hand
This love had a path, God it carved its own groove
But I bought the explosives, and I made it move
(Chorus)
I built a concrete spillway for my sanity
'Cause the floodplain of your memory was coming straight for me
Forgive me this engineering, this unnatural new view
But I had to survive, so I diverted the water from you
(Verse 2)
I sleep on the floor where your side of the bed
Is a quiet, dry country inside of my head
The old river's crying, it's scratching at stone
A brand new geography I have to walk all alone
And I talk to the blueprints I laid on the ground
Trace the edges of what I drowned out
They say that the valley I saved will be fine
But that wasn't your valley, it was only ever mine
(Chorus)
I built a concrete spillway for my sanity
'Cause the floodplain of your memory was coming straight for me
Forgive me this engineering, this unnatural new view
But I had to survive, so I diverted the water from you
(Bridge)
And now the drylands wanna know
Where their future's supposed to grow
And I don't have a single answer for 'em
I just knew that our current was pulling me down
Yeah, our beautiful current was going to let me drown
So I put on my hard hat and I broke the sacred ground
(Outro)
I diverted the water...
Just a trickle now to see me through...
I diverted the water from you...
Hope you find your own ocean somewhere new.
Hope you find your ocean somewhere new.
About The Song
This song transforms a news report about the controversial 're-routing' of a river into a powerful metaphor for self-preservation within a relationship. The protagonist takes on the role of an engineer making a drastic, unnatural choice: to divert the emotional 'flood' of a destructive partner to save their own sanity ('the valley'). This act of survival is not triumphant; it's a heavy, morally complex decision with unforeseen consequences—it saves them from drowning but creates a new, arid emotional landscape they must navigate alone. The song lives in that tension, applying the Active Agency Mandate to frame a difficult breakup not as something that happens *to* a person, but as a deliberate, calculated action they take to survive.
Production Notes
Genre: Dark-Pop / Indie-Folk
Influence: The sparse, intimate production of Billie Eilish meets the narrative folk of artists like Bon Iver.
Vocals: Primary vocal should be close-mic'd with a warm condenser mic (like a Neumann U 47) to capture every breath and intimate detail. Verses are a near-whisper confession. The choruses bloom with layered, tightly stacked harmonies, panned wide to create an internal choir. The performance is key: it's not sad, it's burdened.
Arrangement: The song starts with only a simple, fingerpicked acoustic guitar pattern, slightly detuned for vulnerability. A deep, heavy 808 bass should enter on the second line of Verse 1, syncopated and felt more than heard, like a distant, anxious heartbeat. The chorus introduces a reversed piano chord as a subtle pad, adding an eerie sense of space. The bridge should feel desperate, with the acoustic guitar strummed more aggressively before dropping back to near silence for the outro.
Mix Automation: Reverb is a character here. The verses should be almost bone-dry. On the chorus, automate the vocal and guitar reverb to swell up on the line "floodplain of your memory," creating a literal sonic flood that recedes just as quickly. The bass remains tight and centered, anchoring the entire track.
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