Baptized
The Gloomcatcher Lyrics


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Take me up to the waving fields and leave me there
Buried by the hanging tree i never said flee from here
You never spooked me son
It's rising up to cast out my folded hands
Swinging low to the sweet and shunned
Where the broken bones come down easy

Glory held out, till it's rising up from our lips
Purged and devoured
Draws the trembling fits

Wake up honey it's long road that'll guide you down
To take the pills it's a short fix
That'll bring a coward strapped and stunned to an electric chair
Lighting up his blood as his woman stripped bare
On the swinging low of his brother's stairs
Where she lost her faith in dying

Oh i knew those saints were the first to scorn
Charging out of town, she's a fleeing whore




Galloping those fields like a dropping sun
Near the tree she fell where my gravestone was

Overall Meaning

The song "Baptized" by The Gloomcatcher is a poetic and haunting piece that deals with themes of death and rebirth, as well as the destructive power of addiction. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a desolate landscape, with references to hanging trees and broken bones. The singer speaks of being left in a waving field to be buried under a hanging tree, and reflects on the fact that no one has ever frightened or spooked him - perhaps suggesting a sense of acceptance or resignation to his fate. The rising up of some unnamed force is described as casting out his folded hands and sweeping him up to a place where broken bones come down easy.


The chorus of the song speaks of glory rising up from our lips, purging and devouring us in the process. This could be interpreted as a reference to religious or spiritual purification, or as a metaphor for the transformative power of suffering. The second verse describes the destructive power of addiction, with references to pills and an electric chair. A woman is described as being stripped bare on the swinging low of her brother's stairs, with the implication that she has lost her faith in dying.


Line by Line Meaning

Take me up to the waving fields and leave me there
I want you to take me to the fields and abandon me there


Buried by the hanging tree i never said flee from here
I don't mind being buried under the tree, don't run away from here


You never spooked me son
You never scared me, my child


It's rising up to cast out my folded hands
I feel the rising power within me pushing my hands apart


Swinging low to the sweet and shunned
The powerful force is coming down gently upon the sweet and rejected people


Where the broken bones come down easy
This is the place where it's easy to die


Glory held out, till it's rising up from our lips
We were holding out for glory till the power rises from our lips


Purged and devoured
The power purges and devours


Draws the trembling fits
It pulls out the fear in us


Wake up honey it's long road that'll guide you down
Wake up dear, the long road will lead you down


To take the pills it's a short fix
Taking the pills will only provide a temporary solution


That'll bring a coward strapped and stunned to an electric chair
However, it will lead a coward to suffer death by electric chair


Lighting up his blood as his woman stripped bare
As his woman stands naked, his blood will be illuminated from the electric shock


On the swinging low of his brother's stairs
This will take place on his brother's property


Where she lost her faith in dying
She lost her faith in the after life


Oh i knew those saints were the first to scorn
I knew that the saints were the first to criticize


Charging out of town, she's a fleeing whore
She is fleeing town like a whore


Galloping those fields like a dropping sun
She is riding through the fields like the sinking sun


Near the tree she fell where my gravestone was
She fell near the tree where my gravestone lies




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Comments from YouTube:

digitalwhiplash7

just when i think the music world has gone to shit... im in love with this. makes me feel good.... makes me think.

The Gabriel Partridge Show

my favorite song

Succession Of Lights

one of the few original christian bands

Ford Flynn

@simeon58 good job captain obvious

John Quinlan

@emersons408dead Nope, just jessy and josh.

Kilika765

I love Falling Up but not a fan of this kind of sound, lyrically this is good tho. Just not my type of music.

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