We Are Being Used

from Draw This Bitter Blood by Sama Dams

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lyrics

Born into the kingdom of the lovely ones
Captive to the nation of the holy guns
What was I to do?
What was I to do?
Drag me to some far off mountain top - glory
Bind me to the alter. I am offered up!

Gloria Gloria Gloria

Who am I to isolate the mind of Christ
Given all the faces made to paint the wise?
We are being used
We are being used
Bless those histories lost from before - glory
Stripped and cursed to kill forevermore

Gloria Gloria Gloria

I suffocate
The dynasties of old will lay me down in catacombs
Under and over the strata of bones
And iron-clad silhouettes
The lovely stars still a canopy over our heads
They will circle on.
Lighting the emptiest eyes, and watching.

Close your eyes and taste the gift - the Holy Breath
Melding and colliding with the grace of death
We are not afraid
We are not afraid
Etch your great dominions in the dirt
Time itself is trampled by a single word

Gloria Gloria Gloria
Gloria Gloria

credits

from Draw This Bitter Blood, track released August 3, 2011
Drums by Brady Swan
Produced by Sebastian Rogers
Engineered by Ian Watts
Recorded at Sam's house and the Magic Closet

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