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I saw you, in a way
Beyond figure out
These lines of life have been drawn & can't be removed
Our eyes is all it took to know
Open up your eyes
Deep blue, glassy take
& swim 'til water & sky
Now are one, out of two
Oh, my bloodshot eyes
Open up your mouth
Touch your lips to mine
That we may make a kiss that can pierce through death & survive
Your words have branded my mind
Still i hold your hand
Wrapped as if a ring
We of flesh & blood are only carrying
It's so hard to
Well, you know
The seed waits for the reaper to sew
Every breath an art
The dignity to it can strain & break your heart
Take all your pieces home
You ask when you're alon, "what is love"
The blood is love
Beyond figure out
These lines of life have been drawn & can't be removed
Our eyes is all it took to know
Open up your eyes
Deep blue, glassy take
& swim 'til water & sky
Now are one, out of two
Oh, my bloodshot eyes
Open up your mouth
Touch your lips to mine
That we may make a kiss that can pierce through death & survive
Your words have branded my mind
Still i hold your hand
Wrapped as if a ring
We of flesh & blood are only carrying
It's so hard to
Well, you know
The seed waits for the reaper to sew
Every breath an art
The dignity to it can strain & break your heart
Take all your pieces home
You ask when you're alon, "what is love"
The blood is love
Lyrics submitted by incubus_gigbutt, edited by eleventy4
Track duration: 06:38
"The Blood Is Love" as written by Josh/castillo Homme
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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stanza 1
(the narrator is quoting what a girl has told him)
relates to how people become infatuated with one another instantaneously
stanza 2
(girl continues)
compounds on that by essentially saying "i get lost in your eyes"
and also references the merging of souls or spirits (perhaps an invitation to sex)
narrator leaves the quote to say; 'oh my bloodshot eyes'
he may be amazed that anyone could see all of these wonderful things in him
stanza 3
the narrator talks
the things she said while they fucked/made love
perhaps while he fucked, she made love and he can't
overcome the guilt he feels
stanza 4
the narrator is so confused overwhelmed
by these emotions that he comes at a loss for words
([the seed waits for the reaper to sow])
her love is the seed, but note that there is no reference to
any sowing occurring, just waiting
stanza 5
{CORRECTION}
Every breath an art
The dignity to learn it
can strain & break your heart
Take all your pieces home
You ask when you're alone, "What is Love?"
The Blood is Love.
she finally realizes that nothing will come of all this waiting
she takes the shattered remnants of her love back where she came from
asking what she has to do to earn his love, "the blood is love"
Vampires.
Re-read the lyrics. It's all there.
"The dignity to it can strain and drain your heart"
I believe it is:
"indignity to your end, can strain and drain your heart"
what does it mean? you guys tell me. Initially I took for granted "the dignity" in the original song lyrics so i was thinking
the state of being worthy to your end, can strain and drain your heart
imo meaning when its her time to die, it will cause him deep emotional pain. speaking as if the event was going to occur at some unknown time in the future, although it had already occurred.
I don't own the cd and have no idea if it came with any official lyrics. So who knows i could be WAY off.
let me know your thoughts
btw this song is legit
'I saw you, in a way
Beyond figure out
These lines of life have been drawn & can't be removed'
Here, he's describing an abnormal situation (next described in the song), he saw his lover in a way that he can't describe, and how fate cannot be changed
'Open up your eyes
Deep blue, glassy lake
& swim 'til water & sky
Now are one, out of two
Oh, my bloodshot eyes'
His girl was swimming in a lake (deep, blue and glassy) and now she's drowning and sinking, if you try to see the sky under the water it appears to be just one thing, they merge (now are one out of two). He's trying to save her and swims too, now his eyes are red because of the water or maybe he's been crying. it fits too.
'Open up your mouth
Touch your lips to mine
That we may make a kiss that can pierce through Death & survive
Your words have branded my mind'
Now he's trying to take her back to life, mouth to mouth breathing (open up your mouth and touch your lips to mine he's begging) because it seems to be the only way for her to survive.
'Still I hold your hand
Wrapped as if a ring
We of flesh & blood are only carrying
It¹s so hard to'
He was not able to save her and now he is only holding her hand (as a ring) and realizing about the nature of life, and how hard this is
'Well, you know
The seed waits for the reaper to sow'
Death is the fate that everything that lives
'Every breath an art
The dignity to it can strain & break your heart'
I'm pretty sure that it's "The dignity lo LEARN it", ok, here he's thinking about how difficult and great is life (with every breath) and how sad can be to learn it the bad way (losing someone you loved)
'Take all your pieces home
You ask when you're alone, "What is Love?"
The Blood is Love. '
He's home, alone, asking himself "What is love", and answering "The blood is love" because he realized that Love is related to life... (the blood is related to life in many cultures as someone above mentioned)
Now as a side comment, when this song starts, the sound is very peculiar, I can relate the "carnivalish" sound as being played under the water...
Well, that was my two cents... One of my favorites song from QOTSA
For those of you who have never heard the story, Josh Homme himself said that this song is about a time when he was present when someone he loved was on their deathbed.
Believe it or not this is my fav QOTSA song and at my wedding in September this will be the song that I walk down the alter to!