about that specific writing process for the song . What were some of your favorite moments from creating this song ?
[ Chris ] “ Plead The Blood ” was interesting because the only other time that I ’ ve ever had just a title drop into my spirit was “ Another In The Fire ”. So I texted Cody immediately and was just like , “ Hey , I think we ’ re supposed to write a song called “ Plead The Blood .” And he was like , almost immediately like , “ Yeah , that sounds awesome ! Do you have any ideas ?” And I was like , “ Honestly , no , I just have the title .” ( laughing ). So , I knew he and I and Brandon were going to be in California soon for a writing retreat , so we both decided to meditate on it and do a little research on pleading the blood , where that came from and why it ’ s important .
I started having some conversations with some friends of mine who were trusted scholars and theologians . I just feel like growing up anytime anyone was pleading the blood in a service it just felt really weird . But I started believing there was a way to redeem this phrase that had just seemed kind of spooky . So , at the retreat , we
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finally all got in the room and I hadn ’ t even fully explained the idea to Brandon yet , and within 15 seconds of me saying “ here ’ s the idea ”, he starts singing the chorus , just almost exactly how it is now . And I was like , “ Wow ! That ’ s it ! Let ’ s do that !”
We just sat and had a conversation about it and what it meant to us individually and to our families and what kind of songs we would love for our churches to be singing . We started telling stories and all the sudden it became , like , what if we could write a song that was a line in the sand , kind of song . Just a song that put the enemy on notice . Once we started digging into that , the lyrics came pretty quickly , and I would say 90 % of the song came together in that first little session .
[ WM ] That ’ s so cool . Sounds like God just had His hand on this song from the beginning . Tell us a little about the recording process and shooting the music video ?
[ Chris ] Well , I called Brandon and was like , “ Hey , I ’ m going to be recording this project … and I have no money backing of any kind … But it would mean a lot if you came and did this song with me !” He was in immediately and was already coming to California for something else . Then it just so happened that the same day we were recording with Brandon , Cody was in town as well , and he came by just to say , “ Hey .”
And we were both like , “ Do you want to sing on this as well and we can all split it up and do it together ?” Then literally minutes before we were about to record , Brandon says , “ Hey , I feel like I have this new section . Could we have it ready just in case ?” He said he just felt like we needed to just plead the blood over different things . It ’ s funny that you mentioned the word “ schools ” stood out to you because I have a very vivid memory of going “... over our
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