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"These Three Things" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their seventh and final album Dead Again, released in 2007. It is the band's second longest song and the longest that is not an altered version of one another, lasting fourteen and a third minutes. Given this really long track, it is not surprising that it is split into four parts, called cantos. It begins with the doomy instrumental canto titled "Perdition" before switching over to The Beatles-like music mixed with metal for "Canto II: Infanticide", which is about the abortion of his unborn child without being baptized which he unquestionably considers it a murder, condemning her and threatening to send her to Hell. Then it switches back to the same instrumental piece as the first canto, followed by the last and the band's longest canto, titled "Salvation", which is about seeking salvation through the deserts until it is found with lyrics based from the texts taken from the Book of Solomon.

Lyrics[]

[Canto I. "Perdition"]
[Instrumental]

[Canto II. "Infanticide"]
The child is torn from the womb unbaptised
There's no question it's infanticide
I'm guilty so therefore condemned
Destroying angels must come to an end
Now in Limbo deprived of paradise not so nice

At the end I'll escort you to hell
The dark one's forces lock your flaming cell
To murder the one's unborn
The worst sin you've ever performed
There are two other things I must tell know them well

With due respect hear these words of caution
If considering and abortion
If you did boiling sulphur
To which I will not concur
Leading to a path of misfortune no one won

[Canto III. "Perdition" (reprise)]
[Instrumental]

[Canto IV. "Salvation"]
On of a land, land that shuns the son
So alien call it area 5-1
Should there be failure to convert Zion?
What came as a lamb returning as a lion

Not a nation but a self proclaimed state
Since the year of our Lord 1-9-4-8
The road to redemption leads to through deserts
Rocky though the trip through is well worth it

I am the dual of the fisherman Simon
He brought alpha, omega, yes I'm the one
The twins fell beginning Armageddon
So the whore too who dwelleth in Babylon, Babylon

All his people gathered 'round
Through forgiveness
Salvation found, found, found, found, found

I'm a Christian

All his people gathered 'round
Through forgiveness
Salvation found, found, found, found, found

All his people gathered 'round
Through forgiveness
Salvation found me

Emworst [repeatedly]

Personnel[]

Group performers

Session performers

  • The Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir – backing vocals

Enginucers

  • Peter Steele – writing, production
  • Josh Silver – engineering, recording, effects, mixing, mastering, production
  • Mike Marciano – engineering, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Paul Bento – additional recording engineering
  • Type O Negative – arrangement

Links to other songs[]

Type O Negative songs
Slow, Deep and Hard The Origin of the Feces
Bloody Kisses October Rust
World Coming Down Life Is Killing Me
Dead Again
  1. "Dead Again"
  2. "Tripping a Blind Man"
  3. "The Profit of Doom"
  4. "September Sun"
  5. "Halloween in Heaven"
  6. "These Three Things"
  7. "She Burned Me Down"
  8. "Some Stupid Tomorrow"
  9. "An Ode to Locksmiths"
  10. "Hail and Farewell to Britain"
Songs from non-studio albums
StereoType O Negative songs
  • "In the Name of Love (Pride)"
  • "Dolce Vita"
  • "Last Christmas"
  • "Wicked Game"
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