Water Tower-Surrogate

[ti:Water Tower] [ar:Surrogate] [al:Popular Mechanics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Water Tower (水塔) - Surrogate [00:17.47]When no one but the locals are around [00:21.34] [00:21.85]You will see them as they gather at the [00:25.48]Center of this town to pay homage to their [00:30.47]Monolithic patriarch who stands so tall [00:34.95]He's seen from miles around [00:38.17] [00:43.00]They worship for the gifts that he bestows [00:47.37]Like the water that they drink and use to [00:51.40]Wash their dusty cloths and the way he [00:55.21]Represents them to the passers by who constantly go trickling [01:01.81]Down the road [01:04.57] [01:08.27]They will do as they are told [01:13.45] [01:14.76]The old folks know their time has past for usefulness and [01:24.58]Things that don't last [01:27.79]But they laugh themselves to sleep as they retire [01:37.31] [01:39.92]'Cause they remember when they built the frame [01:46.96]That holds that head that bears the name [01:53.37]But the young ones shake their heads and call them liars [02:03.68] [02:18.90]They know that someday he will come around [02:23.28]And he'll realize he's far too good for their midwestern town [02:29.12] [02:29.79]And he'll pack his things and move to where the people are [02:34.62] [02:35.18]The southern coast where he'll become a star