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Love Died In Our Arms

from Heart​-​Shaped Scars by Dot Allison

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lyrics

We’ve got blood on our hands
We’ve got blood on our hands
Love died in our arms
Love died in our arms
We got blood on our hands
We’ve both got blood on our hands
This love died in our arms
This love died in our arms

A little water, A little water
It’s sure to clear us of this
A little water, A little water
It’s sure to clear us of this

So this was love
This was love
I can’t feel the pulse now
So this was love
This was love
Ssh, I can’t hear a sound now…
This was love
This was love
Look but I can’t see my breath now
So this was love, this was love
And it’s gone, gone…

Weaving in between these notes
Whispering to me
Creepers and climbers
I can hear
Love’s stubborn ghost…
Voices through the trees...

We’ve got blood on our hands
We’ve got blood on our hands
Love died in our hearts
Love died in our hearts
We got blood on our hands
We both got blood on our hands
This love it died in our arms
This love it died in our arms

So this was love
This was love
I can’t feel the pulse now
So this was love
This was love
Ssh, I can’t hear a sound now…
This was love
This was love
Look but I can’t see my breath now
So this was love, this was love
And it’s gone, gone…

….And (whispered B)
I am a man
I cry alone
I triumph and conquer
Here on my own
But what is this
That alters my path? (I can’t feel the pulse now)
Shaking the tree
Of such a great man (I can’t see my breath now)
If being Godless
Used to set me free (I can’t see my breath now)
What is this alter
I find here in front of me?

So sweet is the taste
So firm the shape
This low hanging fruit
Such succulent flesh
On my skin to rest
Lush low hanging fruit
In orchards at night
I steal just one bite
This low hanging fruit
We’ve got blood on our hands

credits

from Heart​-​Shaped Scars, released July 30, 2021
Words - Dot Allison
Music - Dot Allison and Homay Schmitz
Published by Air-Edel Associates Ltd and Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd

Vocals, Mellotron, Piano, Keyboards, Harmonium, Percussion, Mini Dulcimer-guitar-type thing, Folktek Resonant Garden, Hubble Kalimba, Phone-Home Xylophone - Dot Allison
Mellotron, Keys & programming - Homay Schmitz
Drums - Lauren Macdonald
Guitar - Jenn Butterworth
Bass - May Halyburton
Cello - Alice Allen
Vocal arrangement – Dot Allison

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Dot Allison Edinburgh, UK

Since her debut solo album Afterglow in 1999, Dot Allison has strived to keep the listener on a journey – and herself too.

She revolts against what she has done before, to evolve and not just occupy the same space.

Her forthcoming, and most illuminating album to date 'Heart-Shaped Scars is out now via SA Recordings.
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