Parquet Courts - Before the Water Gets Too High | Pioneer Sessions

Exclusive outtakes from On Time! with Parquet Courts, shot live at Pioneer Works on Dec 10th. Ten years ago, Parquet Courts adventure began by playing their first show to virtually no one, and to celebrate they decided to play a show to everyone, virtually. On Time! Featured live performance, rare archival footage, new interviews and exclusive merch. To read more about Parquet Courts 10 year journey: Subscribe to Pioneer Works: https://www.youtube.com/c/PioneerWorksVideo?sub_confirmation=1 More from Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-Y4xwUSFg&list=PLQvmJDPA9HVr1KbKihxqu_ybxEt_u2bdG #ParquetCourts #ParquetCourtsOnTime #Livestream Parquet Courts Andrew Savage Austin Brown Sean Yeaton Max Savage Parquet Courts On Time Director Andy Capper Producer Justin Frye Editor Vincent Hannley Director of Photography Caleb Seppala Camera Operators Zack Shorrosh Jackson McCoy Nicolás Santa Jen Atalla Kristie Chua Alex Sarrigeorgiou Live Sound Engineer Chad McGillivray Sound Mix Peter Labberton Additional Mixing Dean White Production Manager Jen Atalla Set Design Sam York Set Design Assistant Drew Citron Title GFX Hayden Brosnan From Pioneer Works Director of Music Justin Frye Senior Video Producer Jen Atalla Technical Systems Supervisor Kyle Keays Hagerman Audio Recording & Systems Technician Federico B. Romero Lighting Design & Programming Andre Ferraira Lighting Technician Matthew Mann Lighting Technician Elijah Latty Production Assistant / Artist Hospitality Jennica Drice Senior Program Producer Sandy Kassalias Facilities Maintenance Manager Tyree Leonce Maintenance Marquita Tayor For Parquet Courts Management James Oldham at Rough Trade Tour Manager Doug Marvin Thanks & Lotsa Love Gabe Spierer Marisa Gesualdi Kevin Pedersen Beggars Banquet James Austin Johnson Jinx Kennedy Greg Hannley Malibu Films Lyrics from Before the Water Gets Too High Seldom have I ever questioned the end Still I grow frost when I'm reminded Euphemisms on a loop interchange Which hands get to turn the final page? In whose throat belongs the swan song Crisis, warming, denial, change? State TV helps the public explain Broadcast beamed into the dry terrain Images of drenched survival Without hope but soaked with pain Consequences of reality felt All conditions of humanity built On the bridges Tent villages waiting for the state to help Glass barely bends before it cracks Embedded down into our path Paved in the crimson of our tracks Without the chance of turning back Before the water gets too high Before the water gets too high If the clock strikes midnight then What becomes of our demonstrations? To which fate have these gatherings fell? Which halls echo all the chants we yelled Into faces on the coins we tossed into the wishing well? Drinking water on which we subsist Mixing into rivers that did not exist yesterday When all the warning signs were there but sorely missed What's it worth all the money we made Floating idly in a newborn lake? Far above financial centers Cities sink like market rates Glass barely bends before it cracks Embedded down into our path Paved in the crimson of our tracks Without the chance of turning back Before the water gets too high Add up the bribes you take And know time can't be bought By the profits that you make Before the water gets too high To float the powers that be Or is it someone else's job Until the rich are refugees? Before the water gets too high Before the water gets too high Before the water gets too high Before the water gets too high