Dan Bull - Sacrifices Must Be Made lyrics

Wake up wake up
Wake up wake up
Wake up

Come and sit at the table, if you're able
It tips a little
It isn't the only thing a bit unstable
I'm glad you called 'round
It's good to have a full house
We'll keep each other warm until
The cards are all dealt
I hope you plan to play fair
I'd hate to fall out
The last caller who lost
Couldn't even crawl out
I'm sensing your doubt now
I don't like being called a liar
Some folk are all mouth
You know that's why I brought the pliers
Ponder how the fool felt who
Pulled a wolf pelt


While I pulled the wool over his eye
The rules are scrawled out
Pulled the gold out his jaw
Sure he did it all himself
Call it ornamental illness
Now his skull adorns the shelf

Sacrifices must be made
To satisfy this lust for pain
So pack your knife now, just in case
You have to scratch your eye
Out with a rusty blade

Son, you're playing blood sports
Don't complain the blood spurts
Blood curdling
Blood rain won't sate the bloodthirst
Feel the blood rush, see the blood gush
The blood is draining your veins
Staining up the blood bath

Once you've finished your turn
Then you can toll the bell
And once you've tolled the bell
Then you can tell me all about yourself
Why are you this deep in the
Forest? Are you seeking knowledge?
You better be level with me because
I can see who's been dishonest
I hope you haven't roamed far
Enough to travel home
'Cause when you ramble roads alone
You're prone to rattled bones
Thankfully I packed a map to
Overshadow your travels though
It's so tough to chaperone you
Accurately past the candle smoke
There's ample chance you'll crack a bone
Rather than crack the code
But things can change shape any moment
Ask a Stoat every day we put on a mask
And hope we don't get outed
Does that expose the fact we're
Nasty, though? Don't know, i doubt it
We live in ferocious lands
No one wants to show their hands
For fear of knowing that we've
Only laid out hopeless plans
Life's a thankless slow advance and
No advantage shall suffice
To satisfy chance's appetite
Requires sacrifice

Sacrifices must be made
To satisfy this lust for pain
So pack your knife now, just in case
You have to scratch your eye
Out with a rusty blade

Don't let the blood clot up
You bloody blood clart
The blood is draining from your face
But your eyes are bloodshot
Pay the blood cost to sate the bloodlust
Drop by drop of blood lost
'til at last you're bloodless

It's like a frightening dream
Life splitting right at the seams
You mightn't find everything in here
Quite as it seems, my dear
Siphoning life fluid right from the streams
Your tears slide down your cheeks
You fear final defeat is near
It might be primal but the mind
Of a beast is clear
And you'll find there isn't space
For playing hide-and-seek in here
This isn't the kind of Christian
Tale in which survivorship prevails
Those lies and fiction pale into
Cries and wretched wails
It paints a pitiful picture of the
Kind of ship we sail
If our chances capsize the exact
Time we hit the whale
Your life is rigged to fail
I might just tip the scales
But first there's a little
Sacrifice that it entails
If you've ever slipped and ripped a nail
It's practice
For taking pliers to your tooth and
Twisting 'til the crack rips
Through you from the root to
The roof of your mouth, a brutal sound
It's just improving your tactics
Remove it now

Sacrifices must be made
To satisfy this lust for pain
So pack your knife now, just in case
You have to scratch your eye
Out with a rusty blade

Son, you're playing blood sports
Don't complain the blood spurts
Blood curdling
Blood rain won't sate the bloodthirst
Feel the blood rush, see the blood gush
The blood is draining your veins
Staining up the blood bath
Don't let the blood clot up
You bloody blood clart
The blood is draining from your face
But your eyes are bloodshot
Pay the blood cost to sate the bloodlust
Drop by drop of blood lost
'til at last you're bloodless