Falling from Cloud 9

Rising to the top, knowing I must fall Refeathered wings, salt the stings to make 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 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 calling Through the skies, I'm crawling 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 in my soul just to pay the tithe Shot down in the glory of my prime Only to find the bullets were divine So don't speak to me of heavens above Because cloud nine is where I've fallen from Carry on the wayward son The way that lovers do