Rising to the top knowing I must fall Refeathered wings, salt the stings to remake the crawl To the top And then take the fall again Blood soaked, gagged and choked, lined face on stone Stripped bare, sucking in air This is my home, it seems With the rock and the hard places stuck between The God-man Christ cause cursed man to the test And this Goddamned cross crushed into my chest I'm still doing my best And so the winter time comes callin' Through the skies I'm crawlin' From cloud nine, I've fallen And then the foolish times rush in It's no longer mine Life on cloud nine Place your dreams in a bottle Smash it to the ground Slip off your slippers and dance all around It's blood baby It's just blood baby It's just blood baby It's just your precious blood I've come this far and I said I'd go all the way But these fevered winds sway stronger each day And I'm fool's gold, and my heart's not right But I'd still sell what's left of my soul just to pay the tithe Shot down the glory of my prime Only to find the bullets were divine So don't speak to me of heavens above Because Cloud 9 is where I've fallen from Carry on the wayward son, the way that lovers do