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Lyrics:

I’m living in a land of death
The trees are burnt and gray
There’s a smoldering smoke over head
And the night looks the same as the day
It seems the miracle that I can stand
When everyone I’ve known
Drifts up in the air with the ash
Every time that the wind starts to blow

But I feel alive with a life that’s not mine
Your law is a stream in this wasteland; my lifeline.
So much more than precious gold
Are Your promises my Lord
By them is Your servant warned,
And keeping them great reward

Your direction is my delight
Your law secures my roots
I will meditate day and night
And in season You’ll harvest the fruit
Though a poison should threaten to kill
I know my Savior reigns
And when the breezes of death leave a chill
I’ve got Jesus’ blood in my veins

So I feel alive with a life that’s not mine
And I’m believing that that was Your intended design
So much more than precious gold
Are Your promises my Lord
By them is Your servant warned,
And keeping them great reward

The kingdoms of man have all decayed
The ruins of progress turn to waste
The gods of greed lie in their graves
Darkness is everywhere
But there’s a path in the dark that has emerged
I can see a great light beyond this curse
A brilliant blaze that is Your word
A beacon of hope that burns

And I focus my captivated gaze
On the radiant light from Jesus’ face
The water of life is all I crave
Only Your word remains

So much more than precious gold
Is the beauty I behold
Give me the glorious reward
Of knowing You my King my Lord

Citizens (Or Citizens & Saints) is a gospel-centered and God exalting high-energy rock band from Seattle, Washington. They’re use of modern and contemporary musicality is surrounded by lyrics that capture the essence of certain Psalms.

If you like this song, you can get it on Itunes, AmazonPlay, or their band’s website: www.citizensandsaints.com/

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Thrice (which means three times) is a band from Southern California. This band uses intricate drumming that is accompanied by simplistic bass and guitar riffs. This record in particular is more mellow than their other works. It is atmospheric. This song is inspired from the narrator trying to live up to the word of the Law, that is presented in the Old Testament. It is very impossible for us to do. The words are “beautiful” and dread” but one will ultimately keep failing if one kept trying to fulfill the book of the Law. At the end of the song, it is when Jesus comes and saves the narrator from continuously failing. Jesus already fulfilled the demands and lifted the curse from his heart.

For more information on Thrice:
http://www.thrice.net
To support Thrice:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/thrice/id1663706
Photography by Gato:

Lyrics:
Standing knee deep in cold water, swiftly moving, somehow I knew I’d lost something
Wading waist-deep I saw a book there in the river, waiting for me to find it there.
I tried to read it, neck deep, treading water, but the tide pulled me out to sea.
Then, with water in my eyes, the words began to rise from their place.
They were beautiful and dread; I reached for them and fed on each phrase.
They were honey on my lips, but then a bitter twist in my side.
I knew they’d lay me in my grave, “Is there no one who could save me?” I cried.
Sinking, down deep through cold water and heavy silence, shadows stirring in the gloom.
What things that lay sleeping down deep in the darkness woke then, to find me in my tomb?
Then, with water in my eyes, the words began to rise from their place.
They were beautiful and dread; I reached for them and fed on each phrase.
They were honey on my lips, but then a bitter twist in my side.
I knew they’d lay me in my grave, “Is there no one who could save me?” I cried.
When I lost all hope to look, someone took that heavy book from my hands,
all its weight they set aside, after they had satisfied its demands.
I felt white and black reverse, and the lifting of a curse from my heart.
Then like one receiving sight, I beheld a brilliant light in the dark.

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Citizens–I Am Living in a Land of Death

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