Arca embraces fluidity and changing between states, whether it be gender, genre, or personality. In a 2020 interview, they say "We all have multiple personalities. Rather than causing panic, I think maybe that could cause some relief". "There was a clear intention on her fourth album, Kick i to allow every self to express itself. Not to decide how much air time each self would get, but to allow for modulation between them in a spontaneous way. There is no such thing as normal". In Mutability and ambivalence guide the sound of her music — the atmospheres they create often contain abrasive percussive blasts, metal-shop whine, the screech of subway brakes, the whine of jet engines overheating. Anthropomorphic and animalistic sounds abound —mewling cats, mooing cows, anguished screams, the grunts and groans of orgasm, commingling pleasure and terror and beauty and ugliness in the most thrilling ways possible.
She has also been credited for her writing/producing efforts on Björk's Vulnicura and the entirety of Utopia. Alongside FKA twigs' EP2 as well as for their collaborations with Dean Blunt, Frank Ocean, Kelela, Kanye West, ROSALÍA and Lady Gaga, among others.
Covenant
Arca Lyrics
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I thank you Lord for my birth, and everything that's followed
I thank you Lord for TODAY, and I will pray for tomorrow
I THANK YOU LORD for the love of my life and a friend
I made a promise - and I'm lovin my wife til the end
I thank you Lord for your GUIDANCE, cause it's all that counts
And RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW?!
I THANK YOU LORD for a dream that came true to light
And I ask you to bless everybody, in this room tonight
I don't always do the right thing, and I ask you to forgive me
Cause I need you here wit me
Without you in my life, it's empty
I THINK BACK how some people did me like, violence was the remedy
And because I think of that now,
I pray for my enemy
I pray for my enemy
I pray for my enemy
I pray for my enemy
I pray for my enemy
I THINK BACK how some people did me like, violence was the remedy
And because I think of that now
I THINK BACK how some people did me like, violence was the remedy
And because I think of that now, I pray for my enemy
Not because of what I'll do - but because they don't know
There's somethin BETTER AFTER HERE - and everybody, won't go
So I ask you to forgive them
The song "Covenant" by Arca is a powerful spiritual exploration. In the beginning of the song, the singer gives thanks to God for their life, their loved ones, and their blessings. They acknowledge the importance of God's guidance in their life and affirm that their current location is "God's house." The singer also mentions a dream that has come to fruition and prays for everyone in the room with them.
However, the song takes a turn when the singer reflects on times when they were subject to violence from others. They prayed for their enemies in these situations, not because of what they would do but because they didn't understand the "something better" that the afterlife holds. The singer asks for forgiveness for their enemies and for God to be with them always.
Overall, "Covenant" is a powerful song about the importance of gratitude and spirituality, even when faced with difficult situations. It encourages listeners to pray for their enemies and hold onto the belief that there is something beyond this life.
Line by Line Meaning
Let us pray
Starting the song with a prayer
I thank you Lord for my birth, and everything that's followed
Being grateful for life and everything that came with it
I thank you Lord for TODAY, and I will pray for tomorrow
Appreciating today and the future while asking for blessings
I THANK YOU LORD for the love of my life and a friend
Acknowledging the love and companionship found in a partner
I made a promise - and I'm lovin my wife til the end
Promising to love their spouse forever
I thank you Lord for your GUIDANCE, cause it's all that counts
Being grateful for the guidance from a higher being
And RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW?! Lord, this is your house
A declaration that the space they're in belongs to God
I THANK YOU LORD for a dream that came true to light
Being thankful for the realization of a dream
And I ask you to bless everybody, in this room tonight
Requesting blessings for everyone present
I don't always do the right thing, and I ask you to forgive me
Acknowledging faults and asking for forgiveness
Cause I need you here wit me
Expressing a need for a higher power
Without you in my life, it's empty
Believing that life isn't complete without a higher power
I THINK BACK how some people did me like, violence was the remedy
Reflecting on past experiences of violence
And because I think of that now,
Making a connection between the past and the present
I pray for my enemy
Praying for the people who caused violence
Not because of what I'll do - but because they don't know
Forgiving because of the lack of knowledge of a better path
There's somethin BETTER AFTER HERE - and everybody, won't go
Believing in an afterlife and that not everyone will go there
So I ask you to forgive them
Asking for forgiveness on behalf of the people who caused violence
Contributed by Skyler A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Did you know that that the essence and authenticity of The Ark is infact confirmation of the 10 Commandments being SUPERIOR to Moses Law! Let me explain in case you not aware of this. The 3 contents.....Stone Tablets, Manna and Moses staff have definite significance! The Law and the Commandments are definitely distinctive and separate!
(You welcome to verify everything I text in scripture)
1. God wrote the 10 C's with His own finger TWICE! Moses wrote the Law.
2. The Commandments is permanently on Stone! The Law is on papyrus (paper)
3. The Tablets were ordered by God to be placed INSIDE the Ark while the scroll(Law) were put outside (side pocket)
Deuteronomy 4:13-14, "And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it."Deuteronomy 4:36; 5:22, "Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: ...These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me."Here we are assured that the statutes which Moses gave the people were called a "law". Two different laws are being described now. God speaks of the law "I commanded" (The Ten Commandments) and also of the law "Moses commanded" (the law of Moses).Deuteronomy 31:24-26, "And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee."Now, first of all, if the Ten Commandments were part of the Law of Moses, there would be no need for God to write the Ten Commandments a second time after Moses broke the original Ten Commandments. Why? Because the Ten Commandments would already exist inside, and be included in, and be a part of, the book of Moses. The book of Moses still existed at that time, and was still being observed. But God decided to write the ten commandments a second time, which would have been meaningless if it was considered a part of the law of Moses, or the book of Moses. So obviously, God considered His Law (His Ten Commandments), to be separate from the Law of Moses (the commandments of Moses). This shows that the two laws are to be considered separate and distinct laws from each other.
Do you keep the Sabbath (4th Commandment)??????
......or do you conveniently follow satanic catholic doctrine of Sunday worship!
I consider the Gospel of Thomas to be definitely more deserving and authentic than the book of Philemon.....!
Thomas quoted Jesus saying......"Those who don't keep the Sabbath won't see the Father "
I'm sure you're aware that the Final everlasting rest is mentioned as Sabbath rest......meaning Sabbath is eternal life! Thus the Sabbath has everything to do with Salvation!
@interwebtubes
Awesome piece;
This video definitely took a lot of time to research and put together ;
Many thanks for everyone’s hard work and contributions ;
This is definitely a very nice piece;
Stay safe everyone and prayers
@road2apples
♥✞♥ A Soldier, Me?
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said he,
“my strength is very small.”
“My child, it’s not your strength I ask
I only ask your all.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said she,
“I have no sword to shine.”
“My child, your sword would never do,
so I will give you mine.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said he,
“No shield have I to hold.”
“My child, behind the shield of faith
in Me you will be bold.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said she,
“What cause shall I defend?”
“My child, the message of my Son,
His coming and the end.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said he,
“I’ll do as You command!”
“My child, the only thing I ask
is that you hold my hand."♥✞♥✞♥
@56username
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@stephenprice8172
I have been looking into the location of the real "Mt Sinai" for many years, and that included this possible site.
Also, the correct crossing point.
Both of these sites as suggested in this Doco were rejected due to no real evidence, and the "Holy" burials on the top of this mountain were actually High Priests of Pagan religious orders who lived in that area.
The discovery of the evidence as detailed in the YouTube Docos about Jabel-Al-Laws ( the mountain of Moses ) near Medina in Saudi Arabia, and the chariot wheel corals and gold swords where enough to convince me of the correct crossing point.
The 2 stone pillars erected by King Solomon to mark the spot where they crossed remained intact until around 1940 when the one on the Saudi Arabia side was removed, around the same time the Saudi's fenced off the main access points to the mountain.
The other pillar was moved back from the water's edge by Israel, and can be visited today.
( although some idiot had sprayed graffiti on it when I saw it )
The split rock is unbelievable, you can see the water damage to the area around the base where the fountain of water landed and ran down to form the lake, of which they camped beside. ( at the base of the mountain )
The references to explain the plagues is valid, except for the last plague.
This is impossible to have happened as much of the population at the time actually live miles away, and up in elevation from the lake you refer to.
It was every firstborn son, and that included those that were sleeping up on the rocks and roofs of dwellings, and in the hills.
The suggestion that the Hebrews traded with the Greeks is completely true, they traded with everyone, and even Joseph had sold grain to Nations all around the area including all of Africa, at the time of the 7 year famine.
Finding a sword and gold is no surprise. There were Hebrew Traders living in all the Nations they traded with and they had been there for hundreds of years before Moses.
But of prime importance is what had happened to the peak of Jabel-Al-Laws.
And the fact that you can still visit the "burning bush" which is actually a very big tree now.
But DO NOT TOUCH IT.
Locals swear that all manner of things happen to you if you do.
@stephenprice8172
@Iain Rendle I can understand your disbelief, I ensure that I never believe anything ( no matter what or how trivial it may seem to be ) until all the evidence has been thoroughly checked.
In answer to your comments I can point out the following, and I hope that you look into it.
Translations are always confirmed as correct by people that need them to be if they have other views that need reinforcements.
The declarations made by all religious groups, churches, orders and other such employed scholars by them, are all subjective and open to scrutiny
.
They are not the be all and end all discussion and in every case, they are a personal belief in the end.
I discounted the REED and RED SEA confusion and simply put, it is no matter if there were these 2 Seas when the exodus happened, it is the signs of the route along the way that matters.
It became clear to many people that the description of the route, the vastness and the constant moaning by the Hebrews about it, that the route followed the path as shown in the videos about it.
This has been confirmed by archaeological findings of the items described in the Books of the Prophets.
The artefacts discovered by divers were checked by Marine Specialists, and confirmed as the shapes of the chariot wheels ( and the number of actual spokes were identical to the Egyptians and different than all others at the time ) that had no interior left as the timber had rotted away, leaving the coral.
Other underwater structures in the same area and also the Mediterranean Sea have been discovered that coral had grown on, and the timber item had rotted away over time.
If you visit the Cairo Museum of Antiquities you can see and touch gold swords, armour, and other items that adorned the Chariots of the Army Commanders, and I understand that the swords were actually gifts from the Pharos themselves to each Commander.
All gold in Egypt belonged to them, and was used as a reward for services rendered.
There was so much gold in Egypt at one time that even the prisoners chains were made out of it.
In Saudi Arabia, the Saudis caught and executed nomads that had found massive amounts of gold around the area where the golden calf was made, then ordered destroyed by Moses, then eaten by the Hebrews as punishment.
It had all been ground down into pieces small enough to swallow ( about 1/10 oz size ) which was the size of all the pieces recovered by the Saudi's off the nomads.
But the most compelling evidence is that the physical evidence ( see the videos ) matches the written descriptions in the Books of the Prophets, and to an exact measure.
I do not think it is a matter of who is right or wrong, to me the most important thing is what we end up believing.
And I can confirm to you, and anyone else that may read this, that if you see all these things with your own eyes, then you will never, ever, doubt the Word of Our Heavenly Father, who has given all of us these signs to believe HIM.
"...put not your faith in man, but in your Heavenly Father, alone...."
---Our Lord Jesus instruction to His Family.
@road2apples
♥✞♥ A Soldier, Me?
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said he,
“my strength is very small.”
“My child, it’s not your strength I ask
I only ask your all.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said she,
“I have no sword to shine.”
“My child, your sword would never do,
so I will give you mine.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said he,
“No shield have I to hold.”
“My child, behind the shield of faith
in Me you will be bold.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said she,
“What cause shall I defend?”
“My child, the message of my Son,
His coming and the end.”
“A soldier, me? My Lord,” said he,
“I’ll do as You command!”
“My child, the only thing I ask
is that you hold my hand."♥✞♥✞♥
@twosongs7396
Awesome Documentary, Guys. Why am I not surprised to find you involved in this, Jim? What a STELLAR Documentary. Thank you both so much.
@simulacrum2731
This is hands down some of the best content on YouTube, amazing work everyone involved in creating this!
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@diatomicdoyen5282
It's not though. If you read the Bible the stories are more compelling and they aren't ruined by dumb film makers tryna make a buck.
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@raveneagleye2478
Wow! This is awesome. So well done. This is the best content I've seen on YouTube.
@darkhalf81
The scientifical inclination towards the causes of the Biblical Plague, the search and location of Mt. Sinai along with every aspect to several aspects taught to us were astounding! Excellent work indeed! Thank you!
@brendaanderson3680
Absolutely amazing. From what I can tell as far as the military on Mount Sinai or around it is because someone knew what it was or had an inclination. That way no one can just come and mess with it. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you all for your fantastic work.
@jobramirez6135
It’s always been there right where Jesus Christ were crucified the veil broke in half the mercy seat broke