Dark clouds cut through the sky
And night starts to bleed into day
You’re off down a one-way road
And all the signs say “Jesus Saves”
Where you come from is gone
You can’t go back
The train is taking off,
It’s tearing up the track
You tried to move on
But it called you back
It cannot be denied
It’s the blood that’s wise
Running away from what you don’t believe
Rantin’, raving that you are not clean
With a sharp tongue and jagged teeth
Shoutin’ “you reckon that you’ve been redeemed?”
With a tear in his throat
And the devil in his eyes
He’s preaching the Church of Jesus Christ without Christ
Tried to move on
But the blood inside
It cannot be denied
It’s the blood that’s wise
A martyr lying for the truth
A soldier dying in a preacher’s suit
His barbed-wire heart breaking before your eyes
He’s paying the price
For having blood that’s wise
He’s Haunted by a man
leaping from limb to limb
in the forest of his mind
he can no longer pretend
There’s no end in sight
No bottom to his eyes
He’s walking on rocks
toward a pin-prick of light
bleeding blood that’s wise
credits
from Wise Blood [Remix EP],
released October 29, 2013
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David Ullman: Vocals* and Guitar+
Brian Yost: Percussion^
Tara Hanish: Cello#
Kristoffer Carter: Bass^
Recorded by Kyle Collins at RCR Studios
# Recorded by Jake Fader at Elevation Recording
+ Recorded by Jack Storey at Casa de Smallman
^ Recorded by the performer at home
Mixed by Jake Fader
Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio
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