Blood on Me
Sampha * Track #2 On Process (Japanese Version)
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Album Process (Japanese Version)
- #1
Plastic 100°CSampha
- #2Blood on Me
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- #3Kora Sings
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- #4(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano
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- #5Take Me Inside
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- #6Reverse Faults
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- #7Under
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- #8
Timmy’s PrayerSampha
- #9Incomplete Kisses
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- #10What Shouldn’t I Be?
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- #11
In Between and OverseasSampha
- #12Answer
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- #13
Too MuchSampha
- #14Happens
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- #15
WithoutSampha
- #16Indecision
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Blood on Me by Sampha
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“Blood on Me” is the lead single off Sampha’s debut album, Process and was released on the August 26, 2016 alongside the announcement of the album’s title.
The song sees Sampha at his most vulnerable as he plunges into an extreme form of anxiety which he likens to the phenomenon of sleep paralysis....
Blood on Me Lyrics
[Intro: Sampha]
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I
[Verse 1: Sampha]
Grey hoodies, they cover their heads
I can't see their faces
Can't see, see, see, see, see
They knew me
Look, sweat on my head
My heart's thumpin', drummin'
No need, no need to take from me
Don't throw the paint on me
I see this lake formin'
I got lost astray
In this forest runnin' away
I slip up, I'm on the edge now
And they see me, and I nearly
I nearly lose my grip, but you held on to me
And you shake me, and tell me that I'm okay, but
[Chorus]
I swear they smell the blood on me
I hear them coming for me
I swear they smell the blood on me
I hear them coming for me, for me
[Verse 2]
I wake up and the sky's blood red
I'm still heavy breathin'
Felt so much more than dreamin'
I get up, they're at the edge of my bed
Yeah, how did they find me, find me?
They said there's somethin' bleedin' in me
Somethin' screamin' in me
Somethin' buried deep beneath
Well, I need to, need to get away
So I get in, steal this get-away
And I accelerate, and I accelerate
But my gears got stuck
I'm on this road now
I'm so alone now, swervin' out of control now
And I crash the whip
And this tree flew through me
Arms out, you pull me
And wipe my wounds clean, but
[Chorus]
I swear they smell the blood on me
I hear them coming for me
I swear they smell the blood on me
I hear them coming for me, for me
[Bridge]
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I am
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I am
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I am
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I am
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I am
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I am
Ayy, oh, I am, ayy, oh, I am
Ayy, oh, I am
[Chorus]
I swear they smell the blood on me
I hear them coming for me
I swear they smell the blood on me
I hear them coming for me, for me
Blood on Me Q&A
Who wrote Blood on Me's ?
Blood on Me was written by Sampha.
Who produced Blood on Me's ?
Blood on Me was produced by Rodaidh McDonald & Sampha.
When did Sampha release Blood on Me?
Sampha released Blood on Me on Thu Aug 25 2016.
How did this song come about?
I was in the studio with this guy called Radai McDonald. He was helping me engineer and ended up co-producing my record with me. And we were recording a really long piano take. It was like 20, 30 minutes of piano playing and this song just came out of that. I kind of murmured the lyrics, and the hoo...
What was the concept behind the song?
The concept of it was that I’m in a dreamworld, and essentially, there’s people following me, and they kind of just represent me. Or me running away from fears or things I hide deep in my self-psyche. So it’s things deep, deep in my psyche coming up—or them coming to me in a dream. They come out of...