There's a saying 'like getting blood out of a stone' which basically means putting a lot of effort into trying to do something that's impossible. I like the way it's used in these lyrics - not only has the impossible been achieved (him smiling), but in a massive way as the 'blood' is 'bursting' out of the stone. A fantastically uplifting song, and when I saw them live a couple of months ago, Matt Hales was saying this song was his attempt at sounding like a Bruce Springsteen song!
There's a saying 'like getting blood out of a stone' which basically means putting a lot of effort into trying to do something that's impossible. I like the way it's used in these lyrics - not only has the impossible been achieved (him smiling), but in a massive way as the 'blood' is 'bursting' out of the stone. A fantastically uplifting song, and when I saw them live a couple of months ago, Matt Hales was saying this song was his attempt at sounding like a Bruce Springsteen song!