Bishop Briggs

Dead Man's Arms

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Dead Man's Arms Lyrics

Falling on the deafest ears
But I know you hear my tears
Crying to the blindest eyes
But I know you see the lies

That's you
Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true
Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms

(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

So blame it on the down below
Take it from the weakest soul
Bury all your sorrow
'Til the dead don't seem so cold

That's you
Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true
Oh lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true
Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

Maybe it is built of stone
Maybe it's dark as coal
Used to be a heart, I'm told
But a heart needs blood to love

You know it's true
Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true
Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true
Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

It's you
Hold on
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's you
Hold on
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

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kiamelnaru On Nov 04, 2016

Falling on the deafest ears
But I know you hear my tears
Crying to the blindest eyes
But I know you see the lies

That's you
Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true 
Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms

(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

So blame it on the down below
Take it from the weakest soul
Bury all your sorrow
'Til the dead don't seem so cold

That's you
Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true 
Oh lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true 
Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

Maybe it is built of stone
Maybe it's dark as coal
Used to be a heart, I'm told
But a heart needs blood to love

You know it's true
Oh Lord
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's true 
Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

It's you
Hold on
You've got more bones than a graveyard
It's you
Hold on
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

Oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)

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2016-11-04 03:53:37

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by BeardyBeard

7y ago

I think that, like most of Bishop Briggs songs, it has an obvious meaning, about religious enterprises taking advantage of people, and then the undertones of heavy drug addiction. This to me seems to be about heroin addiction. The beginning is talking about how addicts deaths are hidden away as unimportant, then the second verse is about how drugs effect people who are already downtrodden, and they take it to bury their sorrow.

There's more love on a dead man's arms - The overdosed man felt more love than anyone else before dying.

Maybe it is built of stone Maybe it's dark as coal Used to be a heart, I'm told But a heart needs blood to love- Talking about the different types of heroin, China White which is like a stone, black tar, dark as coal, used to fun but now it is draining me of life to gain just a little bit of the loving feeling.

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