Blood

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.

What a brilliant song. Easily the best Kevin Moore's done since Another Permanent Address.

One of the most bizarre songs OSI has ever written.

i think there are missing some words in the line: "but war is still war (........) its medicine??"

can anybody help?

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.

"The heart, the heart it beats for blood" One meaning is that it's because the blood that heart beats and the other is that our hearts beat for shedding blood and making wars!

"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"

These lines certainly allude to war! Specially those wars that the US government has been/is making!

The rest of the song is personal feelings and relationships and the war inside with oneself or someone else!