It's been a long time
I thought you'd get it
It's been a long time
but I finally beat the blood
back like you
It's been a long time
but let's just forget it
Ya gotta drive lies
then slowly trace the veins
Put it back in your heart

You helped me to cut our losses
'cause dreamin' isn't living
(don't come home)
Enough is enough coin tosses
We don't know how to treat it
or leave it alone

We got what we want
ask anyone
But war is still war
it's medicine
The wind's at our back
when we attack
'Cause God is our man
He understands (the heart)
it beats for blood



Lyrics submitted by Lateralus518

Track duration: 05:53

"Blood" as written by Jim Matheos Kevin Moore

Lyrics © PASSENGER SAFETY MUSIC, MATHEOS MUSIC

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    General Comment:It's about an addiction to something but it's metaphorically described as blood. This person beats the "blood" back, and tries to get over the addiction. But he can't cure it and can't get over it. He says that God will understand if he decides to go back to the addiction.
    Flag corerulezon April 01, 2011   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:As it almost always is with Moore, this song is about a relationship:

    "It's been a long time
    I thought you'd get it
    It's been a long time
    but I finally beat the blood
    back like you"

    It's about a woman who comes after him after a long time. He managed to beat the 'blood' back, which means he suppressed all the emotions (both good and bad), feelings, and love he once had for her, just like she (apparently) did.

    "It's been a long time
    but let's just forget it
    Ya gotta drive lies
    then slowly trace the veins
    Put it back in your heart"

    But here he regrets that decision. It's not letting him feel love about anyone again. He wants to forget about all the bad things, tracing the veins (things that happened) and lying himself into the hope that it won't happen again, so that he can start caring about someone once again (whether it's she or someone else). In the end, putting all that 'blood' back into one's heart means it will only get pumped out again.

    "You helped me to cut our losses
    'cause dreamin' isn't living
    (don't come home)
    Enough is enough coin tosses
    We don't know how to treat it
    or leave it alone"

    At a time, she helped him affront their love crash. Dreaming about love is not the same as living it, but he feels it that way when he is around with her, and it probably gets worse with each time he sees her. They're both confused about it since they don't know how to treat their heartache, nor how to leave it alone and just pretend it isn't there.

    "We got what we want
    ask anyone
    But war is still war
    it's medicine
    The wind's at our back
    when we attack
    'Cause God is our man
    He understands (the heart)
    it beats for blood"

    The first two lines mean things are apparently going well for both of them, yet in reality they're still battling all of their feelings. But that inner struggle is at the same time the only cure. Loving someone, while painful, is also euphoric. And it's also what living is all about, the way God intended it to be; it's the way things work.
    Flag 1eyedkingon November 11, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:What a brilliant song. Easily the best Kevin Moore's done since Another Permanent Address.
    Flag Super_Dudeon July 02, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i think there are missing some words in the line:
    "but war is still war (........) its medicine??"

    can anybody help?
    Flag sickeningon May 30, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:One of the most bizarre songs OSI has ever written.
    Flag Lateralus518on March 30, 2009   Link

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