This song talks about being in a loveless relationship. The singer’s romantic partner is cold, ignoring their pleas, so much that the singer is coming to believe that they would find more love in the arms of a dead man than in their heartless partner.
[Verse 1]
Falling on the deafest ears
But I know you hear my tears
Crying to the blindest eyes
But I know you see the lies
[Pre-Chorus]
That's you, oh Lord
You got more bones than a graveyard
It's true, oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
[Chours]
Dead man's arms, dead man's arms
Dead man's arms, dead man's arms
[Verse 2]
So blame it on the down-below
Take it from the weakest soul
Bury all your sorrow
Till the dead don't seem so cold
[Pre-Chrous]
That's you, oh Lord
You got more bones than a graveyard
It's true, oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
[Chours]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
Oh Lord, you got more bones than a graveyard
It's true, oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead Man's Arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead Man's Arms, dead man's arms)
[Verse 3]
Maybe it's built of stone
Maybe it's dark as coal
Used to be a heart, I'm told
But a heart needs blood to love
[Pre-Chorus]
You know it's true, oh Lord
You got more ghosts than a graveyard
That's you, oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
[Chours]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
Oh Lord, you got more bones than a graveyard
It's true, oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
Oh, oh, there's more love in a dead man's arms
Oh, oh, there's more love in a dead man's arms
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chours]
It's you, oh Lord
You got more bones than a graveyard
It's you, oh Lord
There's more love in a dead man's arms
[Outro]
(Dead man's arms, dead man's arms)
There's more love in a dead man's arms
(Dead Man's Arms, dead man's arms)
Oh Lord, there's more love in a dead man's arms
Dead Man’s Arms was written by Mark Jackson & Ian Scott & Bishop Briggs.
Dead Man’s Arms was produced by Ian Scott & Mark Jackson.
Bishop Briggs released Dead Man’s Arms on Wed Nov 30 2016.