We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The City of Blood

from The Book of Jonah by David Benjamin Blower

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • CD with printed Printed Book of Jonah (KJV)
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A radiophonic production of The Book of Jonah, narrated by Professor N. T. Wright, starring Professor Alastair McIntosh as Jonah, Sound and song by David Benjamin Blower. The physical copy comes with hand printed artwork and a booklet containing the actual book of Jonah from ye olde King James Version.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Book of Jonah via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Sympathy for Jonah

    DBB's book published 2016 about the awful journey of terror, meltdown, and whale ingestion that began as he worked on songs for his record The Book of Jonah.

    “David Blower has written a marvelous reflection on what may be the Bible’s most subversive and misunderstood story. Not only are his insights incisive and needed, his writing is a delight to read.” —Brian D. McLaren, author/speaker/activist

    This is The Gospel According To Jonah for today.” —Dave Andrews, author of Plan Be, and Christi-Anarchy

    “Identifying the empire—not the big fish—as the real beast in the book, this powerful and poetic re-telling of the Jonah story brings a familiar tale to life in fresh ways, and invites readers to face the challenge of engaging creatively and vulnerably with the powers that be.” —Stuart Murray Williams, author of The Naked Anabaptist, Multi-Voiced Church and Church After Christendom

    “Here he is again, ready for round two. His latest is about as unsettling as it gets. I’ve been following David’s work for some time now. I know how he operates, but he still catches me off guard. So put down whatever you’re reading, pick up this book, and brace yourself!” —Tim Nash, Nomad Podcast

    “David Benjamin Blower brings us a renewed song of hope—in the shape of Jonah wrapped up in a whale. This is a work of imagination and erudition as well as an elegy that speaks of a way of being that for so long has eluded concerned Christians. At last God has given us a prophet who dares to tell us like it is. Listen up—let Jonah help us to see our task as Christians in troubled times. Read and listen to David Benjamin Blower if you dare—but with assurance that grace is so much in abundance our fretfulness will be transformed into passion.” —Ann Morisy, author of Beyond the Good Samaritan and Journeying Out
    ... more

    Sold Out

lyrics

Eyes froze like a trout
Heart in my mouth
Sweat on my face
Soldiers either side
As quietly I
Walk through the gates
Hags a hollering
Men bartering
beasts making way
Women wash their clothes
Down by their toes
And children play

And I walked around the city all day
And I’m wondering what the hell I’m going to say

Soldiers on parade
Heat of the day
feet marching by
Fists wrapped round their spears
Their wicked beards
Their painted eyes
O my wide eyed glare
As I wondered where
They’re going to fight
And all the people who
they’re marching to
devour alive

And I walked around the city all day
And I’m wondering what the hell I’m going to say

Looking south and west
Though I don’t guess
I’ll get back home
O my hands are cold
My bones feel old
My heart is stone
I’ll give it ten heartbeats
From when I speak
Till they cut my throat
B‘cause there ain’t no sympathy here
For Jewish seers
Who’re rocking the boat

And I walked around the city all day
And I’m wondering what the hell I’m going to say

credits

from The Book of Jonah, released March 13, 2017

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

David Benjamin Blower Birmingham, UK

David Benjamin Blower: 6-string writer, poet, theologian and podcaster from Birmingham in the UK.

contact / help

Contact David Benjamin Blower

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like David Benjamin Blower, you may also like: