Johnny Flynn The Wrote and the Writ cover

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Me and my dad playing the wrote and the writ by johnny flynn.

They're taking pictures of the man from God
I hope his cassock's clean
The burden of being our holy fellas
Your halo'd better gleam, better gleam

What of all those wayward priests?
The ones who like to drink
Do you suppose they'd swap their blood for wine
Like you swapped yours for ink, for ink

You wrote me oh so many letters
And all of them seemed true
Promises look good on paper
Especially from you, from you

The weight of all those willing words
I carried all alone
You wouldn't put your pen to bed
When we hadn't found our own, our own

Your sentences rose high at night
And circled round my head
The circle's since been broken
Like the priest before me is breaking bread

I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ
And soon I'll eat his flesh
I'm alone again before the altar
Shedding all my old regrets

The last of which I'll tell you now
As it flies down the sink
I never knew a part of you
You didn't set in ink, in ink

The letters that you left behind
No longer shall I read
Your blood's between the pages
And I can't stand to see you bleed

And I'll soon forget what was never there
Your words are ash and dust
All that's left is the song I've sung
The breath I've taken and the one I must

If you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ
People of letters your warning stands clear
Pay heed to your heart and not to your wit
Don't say in a letter what you can't in my ear

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[handelah]

I'm really picky about covers but this is great

[Marlens93]

@ddfan4life :)

[ddfan4life]

@Marlens93 I will! Thanks so much! Love her too!

[Marlens93]

@ddfan4life check laura marling's version too, I love it :)

[clairebouedo]

lovely voice I usual... :) Love from France x

[LineDirt]

Nice voice!

[ddfan4life]

This is one of my favorite songs ever! You did a great job with it. I always wondered what it would sound like to have a woman sing it. Beautiful voice.

[brynanuppasponken]

Nice cover of the original but also beautiful in itself. You have a great voice! Enjoyed watching this. Inte illa kompat av farsan heller ;)

[soilstories]

aw, father/daughter duo. that melts my heart. wish my dad could play an instrument

[brunolein100]

well, your voice is great *_*