Lifeblood Lyrics
I Know There Is A Light
God Is A Bomb
Spanish Eyes
Abomination
Bones
Keep Me On The Road
Black Magick
Columbus Ohio
Hungry
Fear
Never Let Me Go
I Know There Is A Light
You look tired, that’s what people say
But you smile for a picture frame
Though your smile seems a mile away
Oh isn’t that a shame?
Like a knife between your shoulder blades
There’s an emptiness and a burning pain
The worst thing you can’t reach the place
To make it go away
Oh, make it go away
Grace on the mountain
Grace on the valley floor
There’s a light, there’s a light, there’s a light, there’s a light
I’ve been down that way
Too many times before
There’s a light, there’s a light, there’s a light, there’s a light
There’s a light, a light, a light, a light
He was born in a barnhouse
But he died on a cross
I guess he had to suffer
For all of us
But you don’t got to go that way
You know you always have a choice
And you can always call on me
If you need to hear my voice
Oh, hear my voice
Don’t go into your darkness
‘Cause I know there is a light
Maybe we’ve got to break a little
Before we see it shine
Maybe we’ve got to fall down
Begging on our knees
Crying please, please
Give me some release
Oh please, please, please
Don’t go into your darkness
‘Cause I know there is a light
Maybe we’ve got to break a little
Before we see it shine
God Is A Bomb
God is a bomb
Sent to destroy
To make men into memories
And gravestones of little boys
Factories of women
And armies of children
Who couldn’t know better
Words are not toys
They are weapons
Someone is always buying
Someone is always selling
Some brand of Heaven
Hate is a knife
Sent to divide
To turn brother on brother
And colour to black and white
To empty the coffers
And poison the waters
When you gonna learn your lesson?
Words are not toys
They are weapons
Someone is always buying
Someone is always selling
Some brand of Heaven
You won’t be forgiven
You won’t find the Kingdom
So put down your weapon
Let’s both go on living
Love is a gift
Sent to uplift us
To bind us together
And settle all conflict
Spanish Eyes
Spanish eyes like bottle glass
Heavy with the troubled past
You bear all your pain like that
The rest you carry on your back
I know it’s a heavy load
To carry all that on your own
But babe I just got too close
There’s a lesson to learn
When it’s hard to discern
The fire from the ones that been burned
Spanish eyes that saw too much
Only ever wanted love
Lit a fire that burned it up
Do I stay and burn or just run?
Do you remember baby
What it feels like to get broken?
All too well, all too well, all too well
And do you know baby
Sometimes the sadness is choking me?
All too well, all too well, all too well
Oh but you, I only want you
Not your past, not your last lover too
Abomination
The Devil dogged me
Since I was a boy
Some rich man’s servant
Somebody’s toy
I’ve been bent
But I never broke
I’ve been spent
But I never lost all my hope
Hellfire and damnation
Spiritual ruination
Look behold the desolation
The whole damn thing’s an abomination
Hellfire and damnation
I smell it on the breeze
Hear the hounds of hell
Coming after me
If I should die
Before I wake
I would be glad
To leave this place
This place where gods
Made up by men
Made men forget
Their better sense
Oh my my my
I don’t want to see no more
Rich riding on the poor
I don’t want to see no
Don’t want to see no more
Bones
My baby left me a pile of sticks
Said the great love is broken, here are the bits
And I’m not sure it’s something, you’d bother to fix
But I won’t blame you if you’ve got to try
I won’t blame you, if you’ve got to try
If life is the silence
Love is the song
If life is the night time
Love is the dawn
If life is the body then
Love is the bones
My baby left me a pile of stones
Said I opened up your heart, now here are the bones
That I found inside, you know
Some things you can never hide
Oh, some things you can never hide
No matter how you try
In times like these
We do what we need
To survive
All the love gone lost
All the love gone wrong
Is like an island
We’re stranded upon
Keep Me On The Road
I’ve got a long way to go and it’s a heavy load
I can’t carry on my own so keep me on the road if you can man
Transmission is shot she’s getting pretty hot
The manifold’s leaking exhaust fumes up inside the cab man
Just keep me on the road if you can man
Oh, keep me on the road
Every good hill smells like a burned out clutch
Every good person is a raging drunk
Well you gotta be drunk to get through some stuff
You got to burn the clutch to get the miles up
Just a little, further
Black Magick
It’s in my bones and it’s in my gristle
Under my skin like an old scotch thistle
It’s in my blood
Black magick and river mud
Sad little town
Cane fields for miles around
Black magick in the water
Black magick on the ground
Give me blood
Black magick and river mud
Oh babe, I’m falling on my knees
I’m crying baby help me please
Black magick is taking over me
It’s giving me the heart disease
Black magick’s old
Been here since long before
Kind of make your engine hot
Kind of make your blood run cold
Oh give me blood
Black magick and river mud
Black magick is in the heart of me
It’s giving me the heart disease
Columbus Ohio
Meet me in Columbus Ohio
On the third of December
I’ll be sitting in the back row
Of the old Palace Theatre
I’ll be waiting for the music to play
I’ll be waiting for the spirit to enter
All my life I’ve been waiting for you
With my heart held up in surrender
I can’t get no relief from you woman
Meet me in Columbus Ohio
So very far away
We can wake up in the night time
And pretend that it’s the day
Meet me in Columbus Ohio
And I will take you to the show
You’ll come wearing your favourite blue jeans
And I’ll come wearing my heart on my sleeve
Don’t forget me, don’t forget me, don’t forget me
Don’t forget me, when you leave
Real love, hurts so much
Hungry
Maybe we should call it a day
Maybe enough is enough
Maybe when we’ve said all that we have to say
Maybe it just wasn’t love
But I’m hungry
I’m hungry again
It’s the warmth of your body
Your beautiful scent
But most of all it’s the hole that you left
Maybe we should settle the score
Maybe we should put it to rest
Maybe I tried and maybe I failed
I come up short when I overextend
I’m hungry, haul out your dead
I’m hungry, haul out your dead
I need you, like a hole in the head
I need you, like a hole in the head
I need you
Fear
I fear it, I fear it
I fear the body going blind
I can’t see my lover coming
I keep missing all the signs
I am groping in the darkness
Where is Ariadne’s line
And do you who lead me forward
Only see as well as I?
Fear the mundane sales pitch bleating
Fear the black wings of bad news beating
Fear the black mouth of big banks feeding
Fear the hate that the children are eating
Above all else, I fear myself
I fear it, I fear it
I fear the body going mad
I imagine persecution
Shattered dreams I never had
Could we ask for intervention
Those asleep at the controls
Could we perform an exorcism
Would it leave the body cold
Fear the rich and fear the poor
Fear religion knocking at my door
Fear I’ll never really be much more than I am
Fear I’ll never reach the other shore
Above all else, I fear myself
I fear that I’m faking
I fear that you’re mistaken
I’ve nothing to give you
I’ve only been taking
And I fear that I’ll never be good enough
I fear that I’ll never be worthy of your love
Never Let Me Go
The captain called from the forward mast
I believe our hopes are fading fast
This thing was never meant to last
And he slipped over the side
Never let me go, never let me go
Let my life end and begin again
But never let me go
The cook went next, the deckhand too
The businessman in a cashmere suit
He took the cabin bird to boot
And the priest lay down and cried
Never let me go
Give your life, give your life, give your life for love
Give your life, give your life, give your life for love
Whatever trouble it brings
Look in the eyes of your lover and sing
Never let me go
The wreck of it was all around
How senseless does the silence sound?
Little pieces still run aground
In places far and wide
Never let me go