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Good Blood

by Jonathan Snee

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1.
Keep Faith 03:35
I got baptised in the summer, I got tattooed in the winter My skin has never felt so clean I'm sweating holy water, I'm washing in the blood of the saviour My conscience is crystal clear Because all my sins are forgiven Yeah I have been transfigured And you can watch my ascension Bodily, to heaven I got baptised in the summer, I got tattooed in the winter My skin has never felt so clean I'm sweating holy water, I'm washing in the blood of the saviour My conscience is crystal clear Because I've been called 'Judas But I do not feel like a traitor And for thirty pieces of silver I'll sell my soul, to Satan No I've never seen a miracle, but if a hand were to reach down from the sky And set it all right, I'd be counting myself amongst the faithful and the righteous But so far god hasn't shown a sign I got baptised in the summer, I got tattooed in the winter My skin has never felt so clean I'm sweating holy water, I'm washing in the blood of the saviour My conscience is crystal clear
2.
Good Blood 03:55
You've got those family blues Like your father before you And his father too And his father too But I don't mean your eyes 'Cause I've seen them green some times But the heart of a man who all too well understands Pain, and where it comes from And hope, and how it can get lost And I don't want you to grow up 'Cause I know what's waiting for you Yeah I've seen you grown older When I look at my brother He was a tearaway He was a hurricane Maybe you'll be like your mother That's probably for the better That's a road you can take But that road leads away from The man, that you were born to be Just another one in a long line of this family Of men who always fight and die for what they believe Even when they know it's wrong And I can't see, any way out for me But you've still got a chance, to be your own man You've got that good blood that I wish I had You'll learn from my mistakes and you'll go your own way and you'll forge your own path You've got those family blues You've got those family blues Hear these family blues That I'm singing for you
3.
Your hairs grown longer Since the last time I saw you It's covering your eyes And the pillow where I slept stays at the foot of your bed Or between your knees to keep them From knocking together Your skinny wrists are the same But they don't look like they'll carry any weight But you carried me more than once didn't you And your back seems so straight You must have lain out for days to cure the posture you got From stooping to my level You're like a walking tomb, the way your move round the room But the person I love is dead and she's inside of you Your hands seem so small Even though I know they're not I've seen you hold the whole damn world in your palm And the floor where we made love In your parents house when we were young Has been swept under the rug and is never spoken of Your legs were always long All the better to run away from the world with me So we could rest easy And the small of your back When you woke would always crack And I'd shudder to think about those bones You're like a walking tomb, the way your move round the room But the person I love is dead and she's inside of you And I am a catalogue of flaws, and I guess so is this song But it makes up the person I was not the one that I lost If I could tell you one truth, it's that you're fucking beautiful And not just your legs, and not just your hands, and not just your skinny wrists, or the small of your back I'll never understand how one person (How I'm supposed to be) Can be so god damn perfect (Anything but imperfect) 'Cause it's just the idea of you in my head that I'm still in love with You're no longer the person that I grew up with 'Cause there's not an inch of her, that I wouldn't love again Given half the chance, but I know she's dead And you make such a beautiful corpse, but I will never know what you gave your life for And you make such a beautiful corpse, and I will always be here to mourn, your passing.
4.
I don’t believe that I can be your saviour Because I don’t believe you need saving From anyone but yourself And the only way I know how to be safe Is to be alone Is to be alone Do you believe in a god? Well I don’t, I have my own way of looking at the world It’s cruel and unusual, it’s strange and it’s brutal But I can see, that it's beautiful They say creation, is the only way But I've done enough destroying of my own To know that's not the case And I'm a god in my own right I've hurt people out of jealousy and spite And I might have created a paradise And I let you have a taste, but I made you walk away And when I sent the flood to prove my love I didn't warn you and now you're sinking like a stone in the sea He said 'love the sinner and hate the sin' But it's easier said than done What if the only sin you've commited Is killing the one you love He said 'love the sinner and hate the sin' But it's easier said than done When everything's a sin in his eyes We'll all burn If I am saved, you can take my place
5.
Life Savings 04:18
I spent that last coin, that I wore round my neck Because the last thing I want is to be in your debt I bought myself some time, and I spent it all on you I bought myself some time, and I spent it all on you I broke the bank, for these bills I could never pay And the tone of my debtors gets more dismissive by the day I've been counting the cost, since the first day I met you And I've been recovering loss, and experiencing it too I don't want to be worthless, I don't want you buying me for a song I don't want to be bankrupt, I don't want to have to sell everything that I own Because I owe you I don't want your silver I don't want your gold The only thing I want from you is the one thing I know cannot be sold Because how would you put a price on love?
6.
Service station, 3am I am hungry but I'm skint This ain't a good life But at least i'm living How long until i've paid my penance? Because I am I am I am Tired of the road 5 o clock load in In the pissing rain The first shower I've had in days Beer and water Last nights leftovers How the fuck did I manage to stay sober? Because I am I am I am Tired of the road Slept on a stage Somewhere in belgium Woke up to the PA blasting straight edge anthems Played 40 minutes No one cared This’ll be the last tour I ever do I swear Because I am (losing my hair again) I am (losing my weight again) I am (losing my mind again) Tired of the road
7.
Chemicals 05:43
We're all animals Who fuck and eat and sleep and wear clothes To pretend that we don't know We're just animals Who were born into this world to die alone The only difference is we know We're not special, we're just mistakes And maybe that's what makes us special in our own way We're all chemicals When we react with one another we call it love And we make bonds But we're just chemicals And under these conditions I don't think it will take long For them to fall apart We're not special and neither are those things we made They're just the product of our collision Which in itself was a mistake And this chaos That we call existence Is better than anything I could have planned Because I can't account for you Because I can't account for you (because you're wild like an animal) No I can't account for you (you're unpredictable like a chemical) No I can't account for you (you're my favourite variable) I don't want to think about it anymore Because its tearing apart my head And my thoughts are on the floor And we're just miracles That haven't happened yet But will we ever, I don't know So I won't hold my breath
8.
Lying (Past) 05:37
I was lying on my back You were lying on your side I was staring into space And you were staring into my eyes I was Thinkig about how small we are and how nothing really matters And I could tell that you were thinking of asking me about her What do you wan me to say? She broke my heart and left it that way And now what you see is all that's left A broken man, I'm a shadow of my former self I never told you the whole truth because it's ugly as hell But I'm a pretty good liar when I have to be, can't you tell And it was quiet all night, and you were quite on the way back You'd picked up some old habits, and I couldn't help but laugh You said 'one more cigarette and then I'll quit' I said 'that's a fine sentiment but you're full of shit' 'cause you love the things that hurt and the things that slowly kill otherwise i'd be long gone and youd be way less ill I havent been happy since and for the longest time I didn't think I'd ever get happy again But I'm doing fine, yeah I'm doing all right Cause I've found someone to hold during those long nights She heard me scream your name in my sleep and said darling it was just a bad dream so close your eyes because you're safe with me And she knows that your ghost hangs over my bed And she knows that your ghost hangs over my bed And I hope she knows that just because your ghost hangs over my bed, that doesn't mean your dead
9.
Hangman 04:35
A man walks into a bar and gets carried out thirty years later A woman walks into a bar and spends her whole night getting better And I'm as sober as a judge but I've sent good people to the gallows for love And there they will hang over our heads as a reminder of what we can become Cloud my mind, dull my senses You're as sharp as a tack when you're dry But when you wet your lips you lower your defences Hangman No I have never touched a drop because I know it's just fuel for the fire And I have heard it keeps you warm but I know it does not, your body just gets so drunk it is a liar It loosens up your tongue until it's falling out of your head and into someone else's mouth And when you pick it from their teeth it will be bloodied like your knees from when you stumbled and staggered and fell Cloud my mind, dull my senses You're as sharp as a tack when you're dry But now you're blind as a bat to their advances Hangman Whiskey for thinkers Gin for the drinkers It's all the same to me Wine for the writers Vodka for the fighters It's all the same to me Love by the glass Confidence by the bottle You can spend your whole night drinking But you won't find me at the bottom Cloud my mind, dull my senses You're as sharp as a tack when you're dry But now you're blind as a bat to their advances Cloud my mind
10.
Someone 03:58
Someone's been sleeping in my bed Someone's been sleeping in my bed For the past year I don't know who he is or where I went Someone's been wearing all my clothes Someone's been wearing all my clothes And stretching the necks And doing things in them tha I'd regret Someone's been singing all my songs Someone's been singing all my songs Off key and out of time Putting choruses where verses belong Someone's been kissing with my lips Someone's been kissing with my lips Pictures of you You and me when we first met And that's not something I want To live in the past where they belong Yeah, your memories are fine But you've got to live in the present or you'll die

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released July 5, 2012

Written and recorded between August 2011 and June 2012 by Jonathan Snee.
Photographs by Christina Marie Riley.
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