THIS RECORD IS CONCEPTUAL AT BEST...THE SEPARATE WORKS FOUND IN "I WONT TO THE LORD I SWORE" ARE QUITE SIMPLY GRITTY TALES OF A SOUTHERN MAN; BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN TAKEN AS A WHOLE THEY ILLUSTRATE THE CENTRAL THEME(S) FOUND WITHIN THE RECORD. THESE SO CALLED "THEME(S)" MAY BE QUITE DIFFERENT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LISTENER; HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE STRUGGLES ASSOCIATED WITH FAITH (IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE), THE VARIOUS CHARACTER'S TRIBULATIONS WITH THE SINS OF THE EVERYDAY, THE TALES OF THE LONELY WANDERER SPOKEN WITH A WHISKEY TOUNGE, AND THE INDISPUTABLE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE AS A BENCHMARK FOR LIVING AND INTERACTING IN THE WORLD TODAY ARE RECOGNIZABLE AND REOCCURING THEME(S) THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE RECORD. MOREOVER, THE UNCERTAINITY OF THE HEART IS EXPLORED AND EXPLOITED, AND THE TOUNGE-AND-CHEEK IDEAOLOGIES ARE CENTRAL IN EACH OF THE STORIES FOUND WITHIN "I WONT TO THE LORD I SWORE". THERE ARE THE TYPICAL BROKEN HEARTS, TALES OF LOSS AND DEATH, BATTLES AGAINST THE DEMONS WITHIN, FAILURES OF MAN, AND COMPLETE DISENAGRATION OF HOPE MUSED BY NUMEROUS SONGWRITERS; HOWEVER, THE PERSPECTIVE IS TAKEN FROM THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND CONTINUAL SHORTCOMINGS OF THE AUTHOR RATHER THEN SIMPLE WORKS OF FICTION. SIMPLY, "I WONT TO THE LORD I SWORE" IS THE ANTAGONIST FOR LIFE AND IT ONLY SERVES TO STRENGTHEN "FAITH" AND "HOPE" DESPITE ITS DECONSTRUCTION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED IDEALS.