Sung from the perspective of Phil’s evil alternate self, he describes what is essentially a journey through hell, which he puts himself through in an effort to reach his younger self.
[Verse 1]
My conscious froze when I felt the cold embrace
Of the hand that crafted me
I set my soul ablaze, I crawled through the nether
And left a suicide letter next to my own severed head
I think I should be dead
But that's the beauty of selling yourself to sin
But again, we are men craving winter's end
Wishing to live within our origin again, yeah
The door to immortality is shut
I can't take much more of the scent of mold
This sphеre of madness burning in my gut
Has trapped mе in this house again
[Chorus]
Mother, I pray that your voice sings me to sleep
To save my sanity from the sound of this bloodsoaked symphony
Father, I pray that your hand is warm again
My pain will never end until you both come back to me
Come back to me
[Verse 2]
I can feel the devil's presence, he never left this house
Now I can live my third depth fantasy
Draw him straight to me
And drain every last drop from his arteries
A sacrifice of blood wakes the eye
It looks to turn this iron into gold
I place my hand upon the ancient God
I surrender my life
[Bridge]
I bring the gift of resurrection
The power returns from which it came
Now grant me what I have gifted
Mother, father, come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
[Verse 3]
In blood and bone, I carve an oath
To save this boy from this shattered home
Tonight we bathe in blood
And drink from the skull of the beast that left his heart so cold
In a perfect world
We could take his whole family's soul
And fuel our hearts with the hate I have
For the beast in us all
[Chorus]
Mother, I pray that your voice sings me to sleep
To save my sanity from the sound of this bloodsoaked symphony
Father, I pray that your hand is warm again
My pain will never end until you both come back to me
Come back to me
Come back
A Bloodsoaked Symphony was written by Alex Rudinger & Alex Wade & Ben Savage & Gabe Crisp & Phil Bozeman & Zach Householder.
A Bloodsoaked Symphony was produced by Mark Lewis.
Whitechapel released A Bloodsoaked Symphony on Thu Sep 23 2021.
Vocalist Phil Bozeman discussed the song’s lyrical content on the band’s YouTube channel: