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Love Is a Contradiction if There Is No God

from The Idols Have Been Cast Down and Rent by Rose with Teeth

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'We have created God in order to save the Universe from nothingness, for all that is not consciousness and eternal consciousness, conscious of its eternity and eternally conscious, is nothing more than appearance. There is nothing truly real save that which feels, suffers, pities, loves, and desires, save consciousness; there is nothing substantial but consciousness. And we need God in order to save consciousness; not in order to think existence, but in order to live it; not in order to know the why and how of it, but in order to feel the wherefore of it. Love is a contradiction if there is no God.'
—Miguel de Unamuno

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I'm so very, very tired, I'm hallucinating bugs.
I'm having little microsleeps and when I do,
I'm thinking, thinking, no, I'm dreaming—I'm dreaming about you.

Remembering when we hugged when you left,
hoping we can kiss each other's cheeks again.
Even though you live across the pond,
I am very sure that I am very fond
of you…
of you…
of you…
of you…

You care for me, you counselled me
when I was seriously gonna do
some stupid self-destructive things
like that, yeah, I had some stupid thoughts.

I'm so damn glad you were my partner
even though we decided to leave each other.
That was probably for the best, but still
I'm very very glad that we're good friends.

Love
is a very strange thing.
I really believe that it's the fundamental
kind of energy in the Universe—of being, you know?
Because, like, Christ is the ground of being,
the Ungrund is what Böhme called Him, and,
and Christ is God, and '[h]e who does not love,
does not know God; for God is love.'
—1 John 4:8, Lamsa

'Like the angels in Heaven above,
who praise You from up in the heights,
we, the pitiful sinners below,
offer You praise, as is right.
we, the pitiful sinners below,
offer You praise, as is right.

'Glory to God in the highest;
peace and repose on the Earth.
Good will for humanity at all times,
from winter's death to spring's birth.
Good will for humanity at all times,
from winter's death to spring's birth.

'Lamb of God, Who removes
the sins of the world, bring us grace.
Have compassion on us and be gracious to all,
have our sins and our failures erased.
Have compassion on us and be gracious to all,
have our sins and our failures erased.'
—St. Athanasius

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from The Idols Have Been Cast Down and Rent, released April 30, 2018
• Evangeline Sutherland
——vocals, production, guitar, synths, lyrics, composition
• St. Athanasius
——lyrics (sixth, seventh, and eighth verses)

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Rose with Teeth Richmond, Virginia

mystical music for traumatised teens

(a project by Angie Sutherland)

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