[Intro] (Rain falling, tires splashing) (Deep breath in) Yeah. Watch the step. The water is deeper than it looks. [Verse One] Midnight striking on the bypass lane Headlights cutting through the driving rain Suspension crying from the endless cracks Walking on the edge of the tarmac tracks Look at the puddle by the traffic cone Glowing with a color that is not its own Diesel rainbow twisting in the dark Way beyond the edges of the retail park Ripples moving but there ain't no breeze Something in the water bringing to my knees A hand reaches up from the oily gloss Covered in the gravel and the urban moss [Pre-Chorus] (Rising up, rising up) Tarmac breaking and the water spills (Hold the cup, hold the cup) Chasing the ghosts of the synthetic thrills [Chorus] She is the lady of the roadside pool Making every driver look a bloody fool Rising from the slick in a nylon gown Wearing the discarded as a tragic crown (She hands it over) A soggy little vape with a flashing light (Blueberry ice) Guiding my soul through the endless night Yeah, the lady of the puddle in the pouring rain Taking away the bypass pain [Verse Two] Three AM and the traffic is dead Only the hum of the streetlamps overhead She doesn't speak but she knows my mind Leaving the shattered little world behind Six hundred puffs in a plastic shell Pulled from the depths of the council well Water dripping from her sovereign face Holding down the magic of this broken place I take the offering, the battery is low But it hits my lungs with a neon glow A sacred exchange by the dual carriageway Praying for the dawn of a better day [Pre-Chorus] (Rising up, rising up) Tarmac breaking and the water spills (Hold the cup, hold the cup) Chasing the ghosts of the synthetic thrills [Chorus] She is the lady of the roadside pool Making every driver look a bloody fool Rising from the slick in a nylon gown Wearing the discarded as a tragic crown (She hands it over) A soggy little vape with a flashing light (Blueberry ice) Guiding my soul through the endless night Yeah, the lady of the puddle in the pouring rain Taking away the bypass pain [Bridge] (Drop the bass, let it sink) Sub frequencies echoing below the street Where the rubber and the holy water meet She sinks back down in the diesel sheen The strangest bloody thing that I've ever seen Just an empty crater and a flashing blue light Swallowed by the shadows of the British night (Breathe it in) (Breathe it out) [Drop] (Chopped vocal slices, heavy sub bass wobble) (Water splashing rhythmically) (Yeah, the lady) [Chorus] She is the lady of the roadside pool Making every driver look a bloody fool Rising from the slick in a nylon gown Wearing the discarded as a tragic crown (She hands it over) A soggy little vape with a flashing light (Blueberry ice) Guiding my soul through the endless night Yeah, the lady of the puddle in the pouring rain Taking away the bypass pain [Outro] (Battery dying) Blinking lights fading in the dark. Just a pothole now. (Watch the splash) (Fade into rain sounds)
