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Kill Ourselves on Three

by TheCovenant

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1.
Grab your guns. Let’s go to war. Let’s fight for something, Worth fighting for. There’s a hole on your shoulders where your head used to be. In front of the trigger there’s gun smoke. And behind it, there’s hypersensitivity. What happened to this world, Where we have to fear what’s said? I’d die for your right to speak hate, But I’ll hate the fact I’m dead. So, let’s talk. I’ll take death over democracy, If that’s what it takes to truly be free. We must all hang together, Or we’ll sure as hell hang separately. Let me be. Let me be free.
2.
Well, I popped punk’s balloon. It had a message inside. Cut off the money, And the blessings will subside. I ain’t got the paper, To write a pop-punk attack. Gave my paper money, To a wolf named ‘Charlatan’ Guess it was too grateful to write back. Sheep have wool. Teeth have wolves. Mosquitos bite until their stomachs are full. I read a book that don’t lie. Told me I’d have a better life. I’d free William Baptist, But I think he’d rather die.
3.
Oh, God, I deserve abandonment. I searched the web for love, But I still haven’t found it yet. Fear not for your children, God. The world never leaves any hungry. It provides cable-fed love, And an abominable ruse of normality. Everything is content as I press keys with fingertips. If my eyes closed instead of opened, Maybe I’d see what I’ve missed. I never needed your divine guidance. I can do this on my own. Why would you crucify Christ to exemplify love, If I could find it on my cell phone? How am I alone with any lover seconds away? I can’t run far enough, But eternally you never stray. How am I permitted to breathe? Even the grants of damnation are not punishment enough for me. Six feet of dirt make all men equal. Equally unworthy of encirclement by dirt that you willed. Six feet of dirt. Buried in dirt, Still it obeys your trust. To die a martyrs death still wouldn’t be enough. Made of dirt. Thank you for your undeserving grace.
4.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world see better. The flesh is continually tightening our fetter Revenge is a medicine best not served at all. An endless line of trips and mistakes has never lead to a harsher fall. I'd rather gouge out my eyes. Pluck them from my head. Than to ever lust after a mistress again. I'd rather cut off my own hands. Make sure they're incapable of art. Than to ever kill another man, by way of trigger or way of heart.

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The title is a little jarring, no? It presents itself as cult-minded instruction, but leaves you with disarrayed ambiguity. Let us explain; all of the following songs we’ve prepared for your tympanic membranes share a common motif. They’re all written about the dark depraved world we inhabit together. Whether “world” is an allegory for sin or a figurative referral to its cognizant residents,
at its core depravity remains present.
If the world is such a terrible place, and we are such a wicked people, why
not kill ourselves on the count of three? The answer to this question is the root of TheCovenant. God sent His only Son to die in our place, and take the punishment for our sin. Because of this, those who believe in the efficacy of Christ’s work no longer need fear hell. This is the beauty of God’s gospel. Our lives have literally been saved eternally. Having faith in Christ & His work, yields forever in heaven upon death. God commands us not to murder, including ourselves.
Life is worth the living because there is now hope. God is the creator and designer of all. ThroughHis graciousness He designed & made us. God created us with the intention to glorify & enjoy Him in this life and forever more. Through faith in Christ’s works on the cross, our sin is continually wiped from our eternal rap sheet. We can now have good standing with God. We can now fulfill life’s purpose as we were designed to.We can now glorify God in how we live. Life now has an intrinsic value.
Life is worth the living because of Christ.

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released March 20, 2019

Lyrics written by: Clifton Ross
Music written by: Clifton R. Tyler E. & Brady H.
Recording & mixing by: Stephen Woloschek
Album artwork by: Nick Sherman
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Guitar/ Bass: Clifton Ross
Vocals: Brady Hurst
Drums: Tyler Evans

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