NEEDTOBREATHE - “Take The Blame” [Official Audio]

NEEDTOBREATHE’s latest album, The Long Surrender, is out now: https://www.needtobreathe.com/the-lon... Stream “Take The Blame” and The Long Surrender: https://needtobreathe.lnk.to/TheLongS... Stay up to date on NEEDTOBREATHE tours and live shows: https://www.needtobreathe.com/#tour Follow NEEDTOBREATHE:   / needtobreathe     / needtobreathe   https://x.com/needtobreathe https://drop.cobrand.com/d/NEEDTOBREA... https://www.needtobreathe.com/ Lyrics: It’s been 9 years of silence And forty of pain In the cross hairs of legacy But if you saw my patience With the hands of time You would be proud of me Cause all my religion’s coming undone But I still feel the power of God It’s my last companion When the guests all go home And he don’t care if I’m guilty or not Oh, it comes out of nowhere, like summertime rain From a bright cloudless sky, it feels so insane When love is the question that you can’t return It’s cold and it’s frightening, and we all get hurt All the sunlight is ending, the curtain comes down All the angels of mercy have long left this town You’re running in circles and throwing out names If you want the credit, guess we’ll take the blame There’s a long distant memory Of a smile on your face I’m too tired now to hold dear All the wrong kind of anger Is crawling your skin And the danger’s always near When you’re armed with forgiveness And a knife in your back There’s no solace that you can trust Holding on to the promise Of the here and not yet Praying, God, deliver us Oh, it comes out of nowhere, like summertime rain From a bright cloudless sky, it feels so insane When love is the question that you can’t return It’s cold and it’s frightening, and we all get hurt All the sunlight is ending, the curtain comes down All the angels of mercy have long left this town You’re running in circles and throwing out names If you want the credit, guess we’ll take the blame Music video by NEEDTOBREATHE performing Take The Blame (Audio).© 2026 Drive All Night Records, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.