Psychic Quarter, The Pistol Mystics, to release "Deep Water"

"Deep Water" is an extended metaphor for the public personas we all wear on the surface. It was the result of a particularly eye-opening chat with a co-worker. As a newcomer to office politics, it came as somewhat of a surprise that people would intentionally mask their true intentions. It also came as a further surprise when it was suggested I develop my corporate "poker face." As I thought it over, it felt like I had been swimming on the surface. Avoiding the sharks I can see above water. Ignoring the real dangers below; the first line of the song is:

The sharks I can see don't make me nervous/The real danger lurks beneath the surface

The idea that I was only floating on the surface of peoples' real intentions stuck with me. I indeed realized that it also applies to romantic relationships, as explained in the following lyrics:

Pinned down, pinned down, she lied and I caught her/Way out in deep, deep water

"Deep Water" indeed encourages the listener to get past surface images to peoples' real intentions:

I'm down, dive down into deep water... Cast your line into deep water...