Blood
Afterdeath Lyrics

The lyrics of Afterdeath's 'Blood' tackle themes of faith, salvation, and sacrifice. The opening lines suggest a juxtaposition between concepts of grace and freedom versus the religious constructs of the cross and law. This may signify the struggle between personal beliefs and religious institutions or traditional dogma. The mention of childhood and life may also point towards the idea of innocence and pureness before encountering struggles and the need for salvation.

The following stanza introduces the image of the gypsy jester and the vagabond clown, which could represent the singer's own sense of displacement and lostness. The phrase 'lost on foundations' could imply a feeling of aimlessness or confusion regarding faith, especially when faced with the concept of kingship and fatherhood in religious contexts. The lines 'death, the coming of spirit, the holy one; faith, the life of son, the only one' seem to suggest that death and faith are intertwined, and that the son is the key to salvation.

The final lines reveal the core of the song's message: the holy nation, the kingdom, the cross, the Son, the blood, the Ghost, and the wine of suffering and bread of life. These allude to the Christian beliefs regarding Christ's sacrifice and his role in granting salvation to believers. The repeated plea to 'take me' could signify a desire for redemption, to be taken up into the kingdom and the bloodline of Christ.