October 1, 2008

• He is alive

  He’s Alive w/ASL

  
  He’s Alive
  by Don Francisco

  THE GATES AND DOORS WERE BARRED AND ALL THE WINDOWS FASTENED DOWN
  I SPENT THE NIGHT IN SLEEPLESSNESS AND ROSE AT EVERY SOUND
  HALF IN HOPELESS SORROW AND HALF IN FEAR THE DAY
  WOULD FIND THE SOLDIERS BREAKING THROUGH TO DRAG US ALL AWAY

  AND JUST BEFORE THE SUNRISE I HEARD SOMETHING AT THE WALL
  THE GATE BEGAN TO RATTLE AND A VOICE BEGAN TO CALL
  I HURRIED TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKED DOWN INTO THE STREET
  EXPECTING SWORDS AND TORCHES AND THE SOUND OF SOLDIERS FEET

  THERE WAS NO ONE THERE BUT MARY SO I WENT DOWN TO LET HER IN
  JOHN STOOD THERE BESIDE ME AS SHE TOLD US WHERE SHE’D BEEN
  SHE SAID THEY’VE MOVED HIM IN THE NIGHT AND NONE OF US KNOWS WHERE
  THE STONE’S BEEN ROLLED AWAY AND NOW HIS BODY ISN’T THERE

  WE BOTH RAN T’WARD THE GARDEN AND THEN JOHN RAN ON AHEAD
  WE FOUND THE STONE AND THE EMPTY TOMB JUST THE WAY THAT MARY SAID
  BUT THE WINDING SHEET THEY WRAPPED HIM IN WAS JUST AN EMPTY SHELL
  AND HOW OR WHERE THEY’D TAKEN HIM WAS MORE THAN I COULD TELL

  SOMETHING STRANGE HAD HAPPENED THERE JUST WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW
  JOHN BELIEVED A MIRACLE BUT I JUST TURNED TO GO
  CIRCUMSTANCE AND SPECULATION DIDN’T LIFT ME VERY HIGH
  ‘CAUSE I’D SEEN THEM CRUCIFY HIM, AND THEN I SAW HIM DIE

  BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE AGAIN THE GUILT AND ANGUISH CAME
  EVERYTHING I’D PROMISED HIM JUST ADDED TO MY SHAME
  WHEN AT LAST IT CAME TO CHOICES I DENIED I KNEW HIS NAME
  AND EVEN IF HE WAS ALIVE, IT WOULDN’T BE THE SAME

  SUDDENLY THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH A STRANGE AND SWEET PERFUME
  LIGHT THAT CAME FROM EVERYWHERE DROVE SHADOWS FROM THE ROOM
  JESUS STOOD BEFORE ME WITH HIS ARMS HELD OPEN WIDE
  AND I FELL DOWN ON MY KNEES AND I JUST CLUNG TO HIM AND CRIED

  HE RAISED ME TO MY FEET AND AS I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES
  LOVE WAS SHINING OUT FROM THEM LIKE SUNLIGHT FROM THE SKIES
  GUILT AND MY CONFUSION DISAPPEARED IN SWEET RELEASE
  AND EVERY FEAR I’D EVERY HAD JUST MELTED INTO PEACE

  HE’S ALIVE, HE’S ALIVE, HE’S ALIVE AND I’M FORGIVEN
  HEAVEN’S GATES ARE OPENED WIDE

  (REPEAT CHORUS TWO MORE TIMES)

  HE’S ALIVE, HE’S ALIVE, HE’S ALIVE . . . HE’S ALIVE
  

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