John 2
• Written by Kalligraphy
Kalligraphy's Notes
“Water to Wine” gives voice to drowned women falsely accused of witchcraft. Told from their perspective, it moves from their final moments to spiritual vengeance and transcendence. The chorus—“We are why the depths are red…”—speaks to their unjust deaths and their return for divine justice. “Water to wine” symbolizes blood in water and Christ-like transformation. The song mourns, remembers, and warns, turning victims into eternal voices that rise from the riverbanks.
(Verse 1: before the drowning and as they are)
Sway with us, confirm and revert to the banks with us
I tune into what the past has hurt us through, I can never be a fake
Brother you gonna have to pay me, baby
Paintings of myself looking like Jay Z
An obscure corrupt source like the Navy
Hold the Hand through the water as we getting pushed into a ditch
Murder, but we didn’t die from the dip
Oh Lord, give us the patience
Heading down and back to our nations, oh Lord
So we laughing back to the bank
We found some short cuts through the waters
Yes, held under and pressed
To leave our souls, priest save my daughter, ay
(Chorus)
We are why the depths are red, why you pressed our heads
And just left us dead
So I’m coming back tonight and giving you smite
You better watch your life and pray to Jesus Christ
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
(Verse 2: during the martyrs, in the waters)
Yeah
Suffer with us, get buff with us
Trust in the dust with us
River stank of our bodies cuz they left us to rot
Like how can you proc’?
The fishes immortalized and saying “we ain’t got any shelter”
You could be walking forever, forgotten and severed
From your hearts to the hearts of the sons of your art
Tell your mother she birthed a treasure
Spawn in a tundra, talking to the young ones
Like how can you be in the refrain with something so strange
You became the pain for my sons that I confidently named
Metamorphosis, we transformed into a chorus of mourning
From the bodies that rise to the top by the morning
Please save us from the depth of the bank
I cannot swim and I don’t wanna sank
(Chorus)
We are why the depths are red, why you pressed our heads
And just left us dead
So I’m coming back tonight and giving you smite
You better watch your life and pray to Jesus Christ
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
(Verse 3: names of the martyred)
Yeah, take a trip with us
Reminisce our innocents with us
Listen to the cries from the Boda
Ruth Osbourne, Krystyna Ceynowa
Elin Horsonas, Sherwood, Sarah Good
Sarah Wildes, Susannah and Rebecca
Elizabeth and Willard
Alice and Mary Parker
Samuel Wardell, Wilmot
And the Ann, Ann, Ann
Martha Corey and Burroughs, Bridget
John Proctor, Henot, Margaret Jones
Merga, Ursula, Bessie Dunlop
Agnes, Anna and Isobel
Alice Kyteler and Giles, Giles, Giles
(Chorus x2)
We are why the depths are red, why you pressed our heads
And just left us dead
So I’m coming back tonight and giving you smite
You better watch your life and pray to Jesus Christ
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
We are why the depths are red, why you pressed our heads
And just left us dead
So I’m coming back tonight and giving you smite
You better watch your life and pray to Jesus Christ
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
(Verse 4: post drowning and rising to the heavens)
Yuh, to the skies with us
From our the river where we died with us
To the heaven that imbibes within us
Transformation from our own faces
Watered and placed into liquid places
While you anoint the body that killed
Guard you grill cuz you’ll get railed
You were supposed to create greater
You traitors, you possess negative flavour
Hope you get ate by a gator
Supposed to do favours
You guys are all minors and we major
Your gonna die from your dangers
We will be imbedded into eternity if you reflected on what you made us
You cannot change or repay us with acres
Here in the depths of the water where I’m gathering greater
Inheritance from the favors that were paged for later
Those Europeans dance as we surface the waters of the banks, ay
(Chorus x2)
We are why the depths are red, why you pressed our heads
And just left us dead
So I’m coming back tonight and giving you smite
You better watch your life and pray to Jesus Christ
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
We are why the depths are red, why you pressed our heads
And just left us dead
So I’m coming back tonight and giving you smite
You better watch your life and pray to Jesus Christ
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
Water to wine, what, what
(Soft spoken, mumbles outro)
I forgive your faults
Don’t say sorry, your lost
I have a map for you, boss
Keep the flag off our lawn
Stay away from my sons
Repay us with kindness and not scars
Sweeten the path for our souls
Don’t let us down, you told us
You would be here for us
My children are crying for my heart
Tell them I’m the the stars
Fire the news to them quick
Tell them mommas okay, quick
Quick…
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Kalligraphy
Member since March 31 2024