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In My Blood
Neil Finn / Liam Finn / Elroy Finn / Connan Mockasin

It's a curious sound
Bone collectors rustling leaves on their knees
Many poets in this town
Look high and low for feelings that come and go
Sweeping the past out of their windows and doors
Well I'm not so humble but I'm always on time
Believing what is left behind
All the shades and echoes of my life
Are in my blood

In my blood …  feelings are lasting
In my blood   they never go away
In my blood  end up in a place
Somewhere where you don't have to miss it all
The flavour on my tongue,
In my blood  the fall of winter sun
In my blood  the sparkle in your eyes
In my blood  the moment when I die
I'm hoping that I won't have to miss it all

Reincarnate, how I wish that I could come back again,
How I wish that I could do this again

Melancholy beats my heart
Her cries mistaken for the sound of loneliness
There are far too many stars
On the earth there is but two of us
Gingerly down there for my hand is a thief
I'm bound to fumble when the moment is right
As another one is lost its a kind of release
And it's coming to me with a sense of relief

In my blood  feelings are lasting
In my blood  they never go away
In my blood  end up in a place,
Somewhere that you don't have to miss it all

The flavour on my tongue,
In my blood  the fall of winter sun
In my blood  the sparkle in your eye,
In my blood the moment when I die
I'm praying that I won't have to miss it all

Reincarnate, how I wish that I could come back again
How I wish that I could do this again
Reincarnate, how I wish that I could come back again
How I wish that I could do this again

You’re in my blood, in my blood, in my blood.

Song appears on:

Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (Album, 2014)

Live: Neil and Sharon Finn on Fangradio, 18 September 2020

I had the chord proceeding in this song at half the speed. Dave had a very excellent suggestion: ‘Can you make each of them one bar instead of two for those chords.’ It was quite an irreverent thing to say because I had to change the melody completely - and all the words. But he looked at me as if it was the most normal thing in the world to suggest. I went off and did and it was a much better song, so full credit to him for that.
— Neil Finn

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