Avenged Sevenfold (2007) "A Little Piece Of Heaven" Part 2

[reprinted as written by Avenged Sevenfold]
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Before the story begins, is it such a sin,
for me to take what's mine, until the end of time
We were more than friends, before the story ends,
And I will take what's mine, create what
God would never design

Our love had been so strong for far too long,
I was weak with fear that
something would go wrong,
before the possibilities came true,
I took all possibility from you
Almost laughed myself to tears,
conjuring her deepest fears

Must have stabbed her fifty f***ing times,
I can't believe it,
Ripped her heart out right before her eyes,
Eyes over easy, eat it eat it eat it

She was never this good in bed
even when she was sleepin'
now she's just so perfect I've
never been quite so f***ing deep in
it goes on and on and on,
I can keep you lookin' young and preserved forever,
with a fountain to spray on your youth whenever

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
and I know, I know it's not your time
but bye, bye
and a word to the wise when the fire dies
you think it's over but it's just begun
but baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part
'cause everybody's gotta die sometime, we fell apart
let's make a new start
'cause everybody's gotta die sometime yeah
but baby don't cry

Now possibilities I'd never considered,
are occurring the likes of which I'd never heard,
Now an angry soul comes back from beyond the grave,
to repossess a body with which I'd misbehaved

Smiling right from ear to ear
Almost laughed herself to tears

Must have stabbed him fifty f***ing times
I can't believe it
Ripped his heart out right before his eyes
Eyes over easy
Eat it eat it eat it

Now that it's done I realize the error of my ways
I must venture back to apologize from somewhere far beyond the grave

I gotta make up for what I've done
'Cause I was all up in a piece of heaven
while you burned in hell, no peace forever

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
and I know, I know it's not your time
but bye, bye
and a word to the wise when the fire dies
you think it's over but it's just begun
but baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, we fell apart
Let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime yeah
But baby don't cry

I will suffer for so long
(What will you do, not long enough)
To make it up to you
(I pray to God that you do)
I'll do whatever you want me to do
(Well then I'll break you unchained)
And if it's not enough
(If it's not enough, If it's not enough)
If it's not enough
(Not enough)
Try again
(Try again)
And again
(And again)
Over and over again

We're coming back, coming back
We'll live forever, live forever
Let's have wedding, have a wedding
Let's start the killing, start the killing

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
and I know, I know it's not your time
but bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies
you think it's over but it's just begun
but baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, we fell apart
Let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime yeah
But baby don't cry

Picking it up from yesterday, the elements of what is commonly called "The Curse" (from the third chapter of Genesis, in the Bible), is easily seen in this song. Instead of mutual love, tenderness and respect, there is this desire to devour and control each other. Instead of becoming one flesh, there is the more sordid eating of each others' flesh. Instead of helping each other, they use each other. Instead of blessing the world by their union and partnership as benevolent benefactors, they set out to kill the world's inhabitants.

Sin abounds!!! What's a good marriage supposed to look like, anyway? After the effects of sin brought into the world, is there any hope for any of us to have healthy relationships at all?

Yes.

Move forward in the Bible to Paul's letter to the Christians living in Ephesus (Ephesians). They were having a tough time loving each other and getting along with each other, and there were some real marital problems going on among them. Before he gave them instructions about how to have good marriages (in the fifth chapter of his letter), Paul gave the believers a general life principle: Honor Christ and put others first.

A wife should put her husband first, as she does the Lord. A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body. Wives should always put their husbands first, as the church puts Christ first.

A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water. Christ did this, so that he would have a glorious and holy church, without faults or spots or wrinkles or any other flaws.

In the same way, a husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself. A husband who loves his wife shows that he loves himself. None of us hate our own bodies. We provide for them and take good care of them, just as Christ does for the church, because we are each part of his body.

As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother to get married, and he becomes like one person with his wife." This is a great mystery, but I understand it to mean Christ and his church. So each husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself, and each wife should respect her husband.

The phrase "put the other first" stems from the Greek word hupotassomai = "to arrange yourself underneath" “give allegiance to” “tend to the needs of” “be supportive of” “be responsive to” “to place oneself at the disposition of” It was also a military term that referred to taking one’s position in a phalanx of soldiers.

This was not reference to rank or status, it was an equal sharing of the common task. If a soldier failed to join the others, or held back during an advance, the captain might use a form of hupotassomai to order that soldier to return to his place in the line, join his compatriots, be supportive of them, fulfill his part in the assignment.

The word Paul used for the husbands to love was the Greek word agapao. Agapao is almost identical with hupotassomai. Both involve giving up one’s self-interest to serve and care for another’s. Both mean being responsive to the needs of the other. The husband is to subject himself to the wife as much as the wife is to the husband.

What does it mean for the wife to submit to her husband? It is to give herself up to her husband, to give her heart, to trust him, a full surrender. What does it mean for the husband to love his wife? It is to give himself up to his wife as Christ gave Himself up for the church, to give his heart to her, to be vulnerable with her, a full surrender.

Finally, what's "head" got to do with it? This is the Greek word kephale. In Greek, as well as English, head could mean two different things: it could mean the beginning, the top, the source OR it could mean the ruler, the chief, the boss. But in Greek there were two different words for “head:” kephale was the word for your actual head, and meant “the front,” like the head of a line. Arche was the word for ruler.

Paul on purpose did not use the word arche because it was not his intention to imply that the husband was the boss of the woman, even though in Paul’s day the husband was not only the boss, he actually owned his wife and could do whatever he pleased with her. Paul used the word kephale because God alone is the ruler over both the husband and the wife.

Husbands are to lead in one thing: love. To love with self-sacrificing love NOT self-centered satisfaction that demands. The husband acts as head when he sticks his neck out and goes first into battle, and the wife submits when she stands in formation with him, sharing the risks with him and obeying the same orders as he.

In a grace filled relationship, a wife can come under her husband and put to his service everything about herself that is female to enable her husband to become everything God created him to be, to love and support him and to allow God to do the leading and directing. Husbands are called to do the same for their wives.

And now you can see the truth underneath the parody.

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