THREE TIMES
SEVER · NO MASTER · Out 27 November 2026
SEVER's first ballad: Peter's denial. Warming his hands at the enemy's fire, he swears three times he never knew the man, until the rooster crows. Quiet for two thirds, then it erupts, from shame to restoration.
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Credits
Artist: SEVER
Album: NO MASTER
Single release: 27 November 2026
Album release: 10 December 2026
Label: Fragmented Music
Lyrics
I said I'd go with you to prison
I said I'd go with you to death
You looked at me
And you said
Before the morning
Three times
You'll swear you never knew my name
It was cold in that courtyard
So I stood where the light was
With the men who had taken you
And I held out my hands
And I warmed my hands
At their fire
A girl at the gate said
You were with him
I said — woman
I don't know the man
And I warmed my hands
At their fire
Another one looked at me
You are one of them
I said — man
I am not
And I warmed my hands
At their fire
An hour later
They heard it in my mouth
You talk like Galilee
I said — I don't know
What you're talking about
And the cock crowed
And I went outside
And I wept
AND HE TURNED
AND HE LOOKED AT ME
HE DIDN'T SAY ONE WORD!
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO!
And I went outside
And I wept
Three years I walked behind you
I watched you raise the dead
I said I'd never leave you
And I sold you for a fire
And a place to stand
I went back to the boats
Because the water never asked me
What I did
And in the morning
There was smoke on the shore
The same kind of fire
He said — do you love me
(DO YOU LOVE ME)
I said — you know I do
He said — do you love me
(DO YOU LOVE ME)
I said — you know I do
HE ASKED ME
A THIRD TIME
AND IT BROKE ME OPEN!
THREE TIMES I DENIED HIM!
THREE TIMES HE ASKED ME BACK!
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING!
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING!
YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU!
HE DIDN'T ASK ME WHY I RAN
HE DIDN'T ASK ME WHAT IT COST
HE GAVE ME BACK THE ONLY THING—
I THREW AWAY!
FEED MY SHEEP
FEED MY SHEEP
FOLLOW ME!
He never asked me why
He only asked me
Three times
If I loved him
And I said yes
Three times
