From the recording Dreams Will Take You Far
3. Flesh and Blood
© Stanley Bellgard, Felicito Guerrero 2024
Conflict within family is unfortunate, but it happens a lot. Stan says his Mum and Dad gave him the two greatest gifts of his life, his two brothers. He approached me with the song title and several ideas. Drawing from my own family life, I developed this song to reflect the deep pain family conflicts often cause.
Lyrics
Flesh and Blood
© Stanley Bellgard, Felicito Guerrero 2024
Flesh and blood
Brother of mine
Him and me
Always a fight
We never got along
The way we prob'ly should
There was no love lost
'Tween flesh and blood
Black and blue
Is the way I feel
Your words in anger
Cut too deep to heal
So I turned away
What was I supposed to do
With heart and soul
All black and blue
Flesh and blood
Black and blue
I wanna scrape you off like a bad tattoo
Flesh and blood
Always leaves me black and blue
Flesh and blood
Black and blue
Wond'rin what the hell to do
Flesh and blood always leaves me
Black and blue.
Flesh and blood
Black and blue
I wanna wash you off like a fake tattoo
Flesh and blood
Always leaves me black and blue
Flesh and blood
Black and blue
Wond'rin what the hell to do
Flesh and blood always leaves me
Black and blue.
Flesh and blood always leaves me
Black and blue
Flesh and blood always leaves me
Black and blue