Sacrifice
Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke Lyrics

Hear one thousand screams
The singer is suggesting that there are a lot of individuals who are screaming in pain.

Hear one thousand voices
The singer is implying that there are multiple people speaking up, but their cries are mixed with the screams of pain.

A solitary echo
The echoes of the cries and screams reverberate and drown out each other, creating an eerie silence.

Feel one thousand pains
The artist urges the listeners to understand how painful it is for people who are suffering.

But one is receiving
Only one person is receiving the pain while the rest of the people are simply screaming and crying out loud.

A bloody invitation
Someone is inviting the listener to experience the life in its rawest and most intense form, but it might come at a cost.

Do you want to feel the warmth?
The singer is asking the listener whether or not they are ready to feel the warmth of life.

To taste the life, to taste the life
The artist is repeating that they want the listener to taste life's rawness and its consequences.

Do you want taste the life?
The artist repeats their previous question, emphasizing on the listener's willingness to experience the rawness of life.

To taste the life, to taste the life flow
The artist is urging the listener to taste the unfiltered stream of life.

Go, go
The singer is urging the listener to take action and go taste the life.

Feel one thousand lost
The artist is implying that there are a lot of lost souls, but no one is listening to them.

Sinking into soft skin
The singer talks about consuming someone and getting lost in their comfort and warmth.

Ingest rejuvenation
The singer is seeking a way to rejuvenate themselves, and they seem to believe that consuming someone might be that way.

One to consume
The singer talks about one person that they want to consume and get lost into.

One to renew
The artist believes that consuming someone will help them to feel renewed and reenergized.

Demanded invitation
Someone is demanding the listener to taste life's rawness and is promising to be there for them when they do.

I offer grace
The singer is offering something that is neither deserved nor earned but is given out of goodwill.

I offer blood
The singer is willing to offer their own blood as a way to express their willingness to give all for the other person.

I offer everything till my heart is crystal clear
The artist is willing to offer everything they have until they feel clear in their heart and their soul.

Let me taste the life flow
The artist is seeking an opportunity to experience life's rawness to feel more alive.

I want to taste the life
The artist is making it clear that they desire to experience life in its rawest form.

Go, go, whoa, go
The singer is urging the listener to experience life's rawness and its consequences, but they leave it to the listener's discretion to decide whether or not to go.