How Deep Is The Red
Elvis Costello has a new album out entitled, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. The entire album is excellent, but this song has been haunting me for weeks. I thought I would share it here to see if it has the same effect on others. Let me know what you think!
Is this is not a pretty tale? Is this not a riddle?
A bow shoots arrows through the air
A bow drags notes from a fiddle
But who is the beau of poor girl’s heart?
That a king may send to battle
Is this not a pretty tale? Is this not a riddle?
If red is the breast of a soldier’s tunic
Hung with a silver medal
And red is the thorn that protects the rose
A deeper red than the petal
How deep is the red our redeemer bled
The debt of our sins to settle?
How deep is the red?
How deep is the red?
How deep is the red our redeemer bled?
How deep is the red?
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