“‘Blood Runs Red’ is a song about being a successful artist and the narcissistic tendencies that come along with it,” says Maeson. “I toured for three years straight and received copious amounts of validation but when that ends and you go home, you’re left with yourself and who you’ve become while e...
[Verse 1]
I don't need nothing but truth
Double the whiskey and shake
I'm feeling further from you
Feeling the weight of my weight
I'm losing count of the states
Running for forty-three days
Anything but an escape
I can't keep up with the pace
[Pre-Chorus]
Father, Father, let me figure it out
I'm gonna swim in the thick of it now
I can't even tell the difference now
[Chorus]
As the sun comes up shining down on the ten
I did too much living and I'm dying again
I guess I lost my head at the Holiday Inn
But my blood run red, my blood run red
As the sun comes up shining down on the ten
I did too much living and I'm dying again
I guess I lost my head at the Holiday Inn
But my blood run red, my blood run
[Post-Chorus]
Red
My blood run
Red
My blood run red, my blood run
[Verse 2]
Give me a shot of the J
Give me a port and a light
I cannot put on a face
Oh, what a prodigal night
I don't want to feel a thing
Hardened and out of my place
I wasn't always this way
I can't keep up with the pace
[Pre-Chorus]
Father, Father, let me figure it out
I'm gonna swim in the thick of it now
I can't even tell the difference now
[Chorus]
As the sun comes up shining down on the ten
I did too much living and I'm dying again
I guess I lost my head at the Holiday Inn
But my blood run red, my blood run red
As the sun comes up shining down on the ten
I did too much living and I'm dying again
I guess I lost my head at the Holiday Inn
But my blood run red, my blood run
[Post-Chorus]
Red
My blood run
Red
My blood run red, my blood run
[Bridge]
I don't need nothing but truth
I don't need nothing but you
Don't know why I was afraid
Couldn't let go of the pain
Did too much living and I'm dying again
And I found myself at the altar again
(I was afraid) I need the truth
I don't need nothing but you
(I was alone) I was afraid
Couldn't let go of the pain
Think I found myself at the Holiday Inn
And my blood ran red, my blood ran
[Outro]
Red
My blood run
Red
But my blood run red, my blood run
Red
My blood run
Red
But my blood run red, my blood run
Blood Runs Red was written by TMS & Tom Barnes & Pete Kelleher & Matt Maeson & Joe Janiak & Ben Kohn & James Flannigan.
Blood Runs Red was produced by James Flannigan.
Matt Maeson released Blood Runs Red on Wed May 18 2022.