If you are already an Eric Church fan, "Kill a Word" is sure to please because it has such a distinct Church sound. The melody is upbeat, and the message of the song revolves around the negative words we hear in our lives, and how they affect us.
The duet with Rhiannon Giddens from Carolina Chocolate Drops was released in August 2016 as a single off Church's 2015 album Mr. Misunderstood. The country singer co-wrote the song with Luke Dick and Jeff Hyde. "Kill a Word" was a follow-up to "Record Year," which was the country music singer's seventh number one hit.
Church performed this song at the 2016 CMAs alongside Giddens, the same night he won Album of the Year.
In today's world, it is definitely too bad that we can't "turn 'lies' and 'hate' to 'love' and 'truth'." If we could, the world would be a better place.
"Kill a Word" Lyrics
If I could kill a word and watch it die
I'd poison never, shoot goodbye
Beat regret when I felt I had the nerve
Yeah, I'd pound fear to a pile of sand
Choke lonely out with my bare hands
I'd hang hate so that it can't be heard
If I could only kill a word
I'd take brokenness out back
And break heartbreak, stand there and laugh
Right in its face while shootin' it the bird
I'd put upset down in its place
I'd squeeze the life out of disgrace
Lay over under six cold feet of dirt
If I could only kill a word
Give me sticks, give stones
Bend my body, break my bones
Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue
'Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay
But if were up to me to change
I'd turn lies and hate to love and truth
If I could only kill a word
I'd knock out temptation's teeth
I'd sever evil, let it bleed
Then light up wicked, stand and watch it burn
I'd take vice and I'd take vile
And tie 'em up there with hostile
Hang 'em high and leave 'em for the birds
If I could only kill a word
So give me sticks, give stones
Bend my body, break my bones
Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue
'Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay
But if were up to me to change
I'd turn lies and hate to love and truth
If I could only kill a word
If I could only kill a word
This post was originally published on August 3, 2016.
