Forgiven Blood

I remember so well
When you said to me in turn non-believers would burn in hell
When you told me that scientists were merely under a spell
And the questions I asked were the voice of the devil himself

I tried to picture his face
Jesus my savior / my lord
But when I prayed I seen the image from that book on the shelf
It just didn't feel real, or maybe I was just bored.
It was a double edge sword like dying when you are born

It tore me up like the pages I studied over and over
Hoping it'd click and that maybe I could think myself back in order
And so I learned it by heart / said all my prayers before bed
Grandmother spider up all night weaving that web in my head
You took me under your wing / you kept me within your reach
'till slowly I felt as dead as fish in pelican beak

A burning hell in your speech / delicate / malleable brain
I opened up like a register ready to give you change
I opened up like umbrella afraid it was gonna rain
My mother gave you a hug / my fathers hand you did shake

I put the change in the plate/ you put the blood in my vein
You put the flesh in our mouth / I put my trust in your fangs

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Reign came sudden
Broken chains
Kingdom crumbling
For giving blood in vain
Forgiven blood in vein