The title of the song refers to both blood vessels and the vessels of brightness referred to in the lyrics.
The blood vessels alluded to are filled with drugs (“black ink”) and the vessels of brightness are the way God intervened in Baker’s life.
[Verse]
Tell me in thin paper about your love
Breath like thick water lives in my lungs
My skin is full of black ink in your white clothes
For so much I think, little I know
Pull off my armor, knees bruised and naked
Peel back my skin, call out my name
Vessel of brightness, come make me blind
This present darkness is swallowed by light
[Outro]
And my skeleton is a house for my eyes
Purchased with a bleeding side
Vessels was written by Julien Baker.
Vessels was produced by Cody Landers.
Julien Baker released Vessels on Fri Oct 23 2015.