Reference to:
L'Agrima di Cristo
A Portuguese wine
The Tears of Christ, the wine
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According to Smith:
"I'm paralysed by the blood of Christ….. That was poetic licence, 'cos I changed it from 'The Tears Of Christ', which is a drink…… It's a very cheap Portuguese wine, it's a very heavy drink that all the workers drink... it's about 12p a bottle. I was given a bottle of it and I drank it, and I noticed the label, which is the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus under one arm and a bottle in the other hand. It was completely brilliant... this is drunk by hundreds of thousands of people, and it's a pretty visionary drink, really! I was convinced I was Portuguese, I just sank into this reverie of being a Portuguese flamenco guitarist..."
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It does exist:
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The Blood, the song
Tell me who doesn't love
What can never come back
You can never forget how it used to feel
The illusion is deep
Its as deep as the night
I can tell by your tears you remember it all
I am paralyzed by the blood of Christ
Though it clouds my eyes
I can never stop
How it feels to be dry
Walking bare in the sun
Every mirage I see is a mirage of you
As I cool in the twilight
Taste the salt on my skin
I recall all the tears
All the broken words
I am paralyzed by the blood of Christ
Though it clouds my eyes
I can never stop
When the sunsets glow drifts away from you
You'll no longer know
If any of this was really true at all
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Songwriters: Robert James Smith
The Blood lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group