Rising to the top knowing I must fall
Refeathered wings, salt the strings to remake the crawl to the top, and then take the fall again
Blood soaked, gagged and chocked, lined face on stone, stripped bare, s**ing in air
This is my home, it seems with rock and the hard place stuck between
The Godman Christ cause cursed man to the test
And this Goddamned cross crushed into my chest I'm still doing my best
And so the winter time comes calling
Through the skies I'm crawling, from cloud nine, I've fallen
And then the foolish times rush in
It's no longer mine, life on cloud nine
Place your dreams in a bottle, smash it to the ground, slip off you slippers and dance all around
It's blood baby, it's just blood baby, it's just blood baby, it's just your precious blood
I've come this far and I said I'd go all the way but these fevered winds sway stronger each day
Yeah I'm fool's gold, and my heart's not right but I'd still sell what's left in my soul just to pay the tithe
Shot down in the glory of my prime
Only to find the bullets were divine
So don't speak to me of heavens above, 'cos cloud nine is where I've fallen from
Carry on the wayward son, the way that lovers do