All That Matters by Skillet

[Vambram]

"All That Matters"

I don't wanna start a fight
I always try to do what's right
So put your weapons down
We can work it out
Don't get me wrong
I ain't no pacifist
For peace gotta pay a price
And I'll defend what is mine
Fight for what I love
Help me God above
All it takes is one
To rise up and resist

Cost you everything
When you're at war
These three things I'd die for

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me

A kid arrested in the town
He read the verses too loud
But burn the cities down
Celebs will bail you out
Where'd we go wrong
I can't make sense of this
So just leave our kids alone
Better not break into this home
'Cause where I come from
We always stand as one
Where we belong
We won't stand for this

Cost you everything
When you're at war
These three things I'd die for

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me, oh
To me, oh

When darkness divides us
I believe that love can conquer all
Courageous, united
We stand or fall
My faith, my family, my freedom

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me (it's all that matters to me), oh
To me (it's all that matters to me), oh
It's all that matters to me

@AlexB23 @All Becomes New @Hazelelponi @mourningdove~
Brand new song by Skillet. I really like this song a lot, and the lyrics are especially timely in today's current cultural, social, and political climate.

 

[WolfGate]

I will listen to it later; thank you for sharing. Musically I feel like Skillet has declined a lot over the past 10 years. Their prior single “unpopular” didn’t help my opinion of that (YMMV). I would welcome hearing something by them I enjoy again.

 

[AlexB23]

"All That Matters"

I don't wanna start a fight
I always try to do what's right
So put your weapons down
We can work it out
Don't get me wrong
I ain't no pacifist
For peace gotta pay a price
And I'll defend what is mine
Fight for what I love
Help me God above
All it takes is one
To rise up and resist

Cost you everything
When you're at war
These three things I'd die for

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me

A kid arrested in the town
He read the verses too loud
But burn the cities down
Celebs will bail you out
Where'd we go wrong
I can't make sense of this
So just leave our kids alone
Better not break into this home
'Cause where I come from
We always stand as one
Where we belong
We won't stand for this

Cost you everything
When you're at war
These three things I'd die for

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me, oh
To me, oh

When darkness divides us
I believe that love can conquer all
Courageous, united
We stand or fall
My faith, my family, my freedom

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me (it's all that matters to me), oh
To me (it's all that matters to me), oh
It's all that matters to me

@AlexB23 @All Becomes New @Hazelelponi @mourningdove~
Brand new song by Skillet. I really like this song a lot, and the lyrics are especially timely in today's current cultural, social, and political climate.

This is a good song, and it heavily relates to spiritual warfare, something that not enough Christian bands or Christians in general talk about.

Skillet was never really my cup of tea as the music was a bit too heavy for me, but Skillet - Monster was a halfway decent song, which I first heard in 2021 with the 2010 CruciA dubstep remix. Dubstep is not really my thing (99% of dubstep is too heavy and lacks melody and substance), but the fact that CruciA combined the rock of Skillet with his dubstep sound, it made me wanna dance.

Skillet - Monster (CruciA Remix)

 

[Vambram]

This is a good song, and it heavily relates to spiritual warfare, something that not enough Christian bands or Christians in general talk about.

Skillet was never really my cup of tea as the music was a bit too heavy for me, but Skillet - Monster was a halfway decent song, which I first heard in 2021 with the 2010 CruciA dubstep remix. Dubstep is not really my thing (99% of dubstep is too heavy and lacks melody and substance), but the fact that CruciA combined the rock of Skillet with his dubstep sound, it made me wanna dance.

Skillet - Monster (CruciA Remix)

One of my favorite songs by Skillet is "Monster" and that is a really cool remix!!

 

[AlexB23]

One of my favorite songs by Skillet is "Monster" and that is a really cool remix!!

Thank you. "Monster" is a good song, and it is shame that I did not discover both the original and remix until the 2020s. I like the remix better, cos it is fun to dance to. Both an old soul here, and a modern man at heart, though I am more selective when it comes to the modern stuff. Modern music is hit or miss.

 

[Hazelelponi]

"All That Matters"

I don't wanna start a fight
I always try to do what's right
So put your weapons down
We can work it out
Don't get me wrong
I ain't no pacifist
For peace gotta pay a price
And I'll defend what is mine
Fight for what I love
Help me God above
All it takes is one
To rise up and resist

Cost you everything
When you're at war
These three things I'd die for

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me

A kid arrested in the town
He read the verses too loud
But burn the cities down
Celebs will bail you out
Where'd we go wrong
I can't make sense of this
So just leave our kids alone
Better not break into this home
'Cause where I come from
We always stand as one
Where we belong
We won't stand for this

Cost you everything
When you're at war
These three things I'd die for

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me, oh
To me, oh

When darkness divides us
I believe that love can conquer all
Courageous, united
We stand or fall
My faith, my family, my freedom

My faith, my family, my freedom
That's what's backin' me
Gives me a reason for living
I gotta fight for what I believe in, believe it
Love loyalty, I pledge fidelity
In this land of liberty, it's everything
My faith, my family, my freedom's
All that matters to me (it's all that matters to me), oh
To me (it's all that matters to me), oh
It's all that matters to me

@AlexB23 @All Becomes New @Hazelelponi @mourningdove~
Brand new song by Skillet. I really like this song a lot, and the lyrics are especially timely in today's current cultural, social, and political climate.

I missed this post for some reason. I think it's before the power outage so maybe I just missed the alert...

This is an excellent excellent song, thank you for sharing this.

I just love this band....

 

[AlexB23]

I missed this post for some reason. I think it's before the power outage so maybe I just missed the alert...

This is an excellent excellent song, thank you for sharing this.

I just love this band....

Hey, I hope your power is back on and that you and your food are safe. In June, I had a 9-hour power outage. My food was safe in the fridge and freezer. Skillet is a good band, a little too heavy sometimes, but the lyrics are always Biblical, as far as I can tell.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Hey, I hope your power is back on and that you and your food are safe. In June, I had a 9-hour power outage. My food was safe in the fridge and freezer. Skillet is a good band, a little too heavy sometimes, but the lyrics are always Biblical, as far as I can tell.

We have power now just fine but we didn't have power for over 6 days and lost everything in the upstairs fridge/freezer as well as losing everything in the deep freezer downstairs.

We didn't have a generator all perishable food was a loss.

My husband is the most upset about that, but it could have been far far far worse, so we accept life as it comes.

I have enjoyed heavy metal a little as well as country music, I also like thematic orchestra as well.

Heavy metal was always do something, clean out the fridge, scrub the floor music, thematic orchestra for creative art inspiration and country music was the car music for singing while going down the road and listening to peoples stories.

I did stop art, partially because of blindness (cataracts I need to get into gear and just fix, I'm procrastinating it) but partially because I don't think we can do art anymore. I'm not sure so I stopped anyway, seems wrong and people have plenty to say against it so I'm going the safe route...

And music in general I have struggled with whether and to what extent to listen to.

Generally anything put out by Sovereign Grace Music is safe and I listen to it and there's an Anglican group I listen to as well because they are reformed also even though Anglicans are more liberal in the high church. I think the group seems or did seem more like what I think they call low church which is close.

Popular music like Skillet I generally take song by song and classifying as okay so long as the lyrics are in line with Scripture or not in opposition to it.

The above song is a layered personal experience and I think it's fine.

I'm a stricter denomination than many in Christianity though. We are more traditional so I treat music a little more carefully maybe.

That's what I like about how @Vambram shares music. He's always careful.

 

[AlexB23]

We have power now just fine but we didn't have power for over 6 days and lost everything in the upstairs fridge/freezer as well as losing everything in the deep freezer downstairs.

We didn't have a generator all perishable food was a loss.

My husband is the most upset about that, but it could have been far far far worse, so we accept life as it comes.

I have enjoyed heavy metal a little as well as country music, I also like thematic orchestra as well.

Heavy metal was always do something, clean out the fridge, scrub the floor music, thematic orchestra for creative art inspiration and country music was the car music for singing while going down the road and listening to peoples stories.

I did stop art, partially because of blindness (cataracts I need to get into gear and just fix, I'm procrastinating it) but partially because I don't think we can do art anymore. I'm not sure so I stopped anyway, seems wrong and people have plenty to say against it so I'm going the safe route...

And music in general I have struggled with whether and to what extent to listen to.

Generally anything put out by Sovereign Grace Music is safe and I listen to it and there's an Anglican group I listen to as well because they are reformed also even though Anglicans are more liberal in the high church. I think the group seems or did seem more like what I think they call low church which is close.

Popular music like Skillet I generally take song by song and classifying as okay so long as the lyrics are in line with Scripture or not in opposition to it.

The above song is a layered personal experience and I think it's fine.

I'm a stricter denomination than many in Christianity though. We are more traditional so I treat music a little more carefully maybe.

That's what I like about how @Vambram shares music. He's always careful.

Dang, 6 days is a long time without power. A generator, or some solar panels and a large battery could help you in these long outages. But hey, sometimes life throws us for a loop, even if it means a loss of perishables. I will pray for you, so that your blindness does not get worse. Anglican music is good as well, Matt Redman is an Anglican as well. It is good that you treat music carefully. I do as well, and make sure music does not have dirty lyrics.

About country, my favorite country is from the late-20th century (1970s-1990s). Taylor Swift and Florida Georgia Line kinda butchered the genre around 15 years ago. It has gotten better nowadays, as newer artists are taking country back to the 1990s. Chris Stapleton is a good artist, same with Scotty McCreery. Orchestra is also good, same with the very softest form of metal (hard rock). Seventh Day Slumber is the heaviest form of rock that I like.

My 2024 Country downloads below, which make up 10% of my 220-song playlist for 2024. A lot of the bands are from the 1970s-2000s, with a few newer ones from the late-2010s and the 2020s by smaller artists. And yes, a lot of covers on this list.