Akel Dama (Field of Blood)
MeShell Ndegeocello"Akel Dama (Field of Blood)" is a song by MeShell Ndegeocello, released in 2002 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:37 long and contains 82 lines and 425 words.
0:16Who covers themselves with the light
0:19As if it were a garment
0:22Who makes the angel's spirit
0:23From the flames of the fire
0:28Laid the foundation of the earth
0:30So that it shall not be moved
0:33Covered it with the deep of the ocean
0:36Who stands above the mountains
0:38And at your word they fled
0:41They hastened away
0:44Send the springs into the valley
0:45That flow through the hills
0:46And give drink to the beasts of the field
0:49And quench their thirst
0:51By you the birds of the heavens
0:53Have their home
0:55And sing amongst the branches
0:59The earth is satisfied by the fruit of your works
1:02'Cause the grass to grow for the cattle
1:05And the vegetation
1:06For the service of the human
1:08So that they bring forth the fruit from the earth
1:11And the wine that makes glad the heart of man
1:15And oil that makes his face shine
1:19The wine that makes glad the heart of man
1:23And oil that makes his face shine
1:28Makes the face shine
1:37I like to watch the leaves fall
1:40Last breath sweet ash from the slash and burn
1:43And lazy eyes from being in a dream
1:47Talk to the trees
1:48Please
1:50Me
1:51See
1:52Be
1:53Free
1:54Heed
1:55Believe
1:56See
1:58Breath
2:00Need and want nothing
2:04I need and want nothing
2:08Need and want
2:12Dry roses hang from the bed
2:14Nakedness is all around
2:15Barren is my soul
2:17I beg to be a child born for love
2:20So I sway to the pulses of the rivers of
2:21Blood
2:21That flow through my body
2:24'Cause I believe in things you cannot see
2:28To some God is the light
2:29That leads them to believe
2:31That they see
2:33And know everything
2:35To some God is the light
2:37That leads them to believe
2:37That they see
2:40And know everything
2:42But if one is to truly be born again
2:44You would have to gouge out your eyes
2:46Cut out your tongue
2:48And grieve
2:50And cry like a baby
2:51That's been snatched away
2:54Cry like a baby that's been snatched away
2:57Sister
2:57Cry like a baby that's been snatched away
3:01Brother
3:02Cry like a baby that's been snatched away
3:05To some God is the light
3:07That leads them to believe that they see
3:10And know everything
3:13I sway to the pulses of the rivers of blood
3:15That flow through my body
3:18'Cause I believe in things
3:21That you cannot see
3:24I believe in things
3:29That I cannot see
3:31To some God is the light
3:33That leads them to believe that they see
3:37And know everything
Who covers themselves with the light As if it were a garment Who makes the angel's spirit From the flames of the fire Laid the foundation of the earth So that it shall not be moved Covered it with the deep of the ocean Who stands above the mountains And at your word they fled They hastened away Send the springs into the valley That flow through the hills And give drink to the beasts of the field And quench their thirst By you the birds of the heavens Have their home And sing amongst the branches The earth is satisfied by the fruit of your works 'Cause the grass to grow for the cattle And the vegetation For the service of the human So that they bring forth the fruit from the earth And the wine that makes glad the heart of man And oil that makes his face shine The wine that makes glad the heart of man And oil that makes his face shine Makes the face shine I like to watch the leaves fall Last breath sweet ash from the slash and burn And lazy eyes from being in a dream Talk to the trees Please Me See Be Free Heed Believe See Breath Need and want nothing I need and want nothing Need and want Dry roses hang from the bed Nakedness is all around Barren is my soul I beg to be a child born for love So I sway to the pulses of the rivers of Blood That flow through my body 'Cause I believe in things you cannot see To some God is the light That leads them to believe That they see And know everything To some God is the light That leads them to believe That they see And know everything But if one is to truly be born again You would have to gouge out your eyes Cut out your tongue And grieve And cry like a baby That's been snatched away Cry like a baby that's been snatched away Sister Cry like a baby that's been snatched away Brother Cry like a baby that's been snatched away To some God is the light That leads them to believe that they see And know everything I sway to the pulses of the rivers of blood That flow through my body 'Cause I believe in things That you cannot see I believe in things That I cannot see To some God is the light That leads them to believe that they see And know everything
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