Key: E
Introduction:
G#m9 E7M G#m9
Three days in darkness far below
F#6 G#m9
Death hearkens from an age ago
E7M G#m9 F#6
The ancient promise that we waited for so long
A9(#11)
C#m9 A C#m9 A
All hope is lost, left upon that cross
C#m9 B
A bloodstained robe
A C#m9
It seems redemption's dream has died
C#m
Visions and the prophecies all washed away in vain
C#m A
Groanings of creation as it cries out in pain
C#m
Sacrosanct the stories of what is and what will be
C#m A
All foretold this was supposed to end so differently
C# A#º A
All nature mourns in unison
C# A#º A
Creation forms its requiem
A C#m
Branded with the mark of sin and shame
B
A life laid down, a cursed name
C#m
A crown forsaken, burden, blame
B
Another cycle just the same
A
Is this the end of promise
B G#m9
Dying all alone?
A G#m
Easter morning's Son will rise
A
Radiance warming tearstained eyes
D#m E D#m E
The son of man shall be raised up on the third day
F#
The grave denied
G#m
Run and see the stone has rolled away behold the way
G#m
They're trembling in terror at the grave
(Is this an empty promise, that we've been waiting for?
E
Blinding angel, white as lightning
F#
Violent earthquakes, do not fear
E
Why seek the living among the dead?
E F#
Behold, he is not here
C#4 C# C#4 C# G#
Glory! Glory! Hope is alive
A° A#m F#
And lifted up, before your eyes
G# C# B
Waking all the world, open gates to paradise
G#m G#m/F#
Now it's done, life has come
D#7
Death has died
F# G# F# C# G#
Easter glory, what an ending to the story
F# G# C#
My son, arise!
C#m A
Early misty morning
B C#m
Just before the dawn
A G#m C#m
An empty tomb, a broken body gone
C#m A
Thieves have done their bidding
B C#m
Before the light of day
A G# C#m
They've stolen Him and taken Him away
C#m B
Let me break apart
A E B/D#
The secrets you've held in your heart
C#m B
Awaken now
A4 A
Remember
A B C#m B
Words you hid away
A E B/D# C#m
A promise to rise after the third day
B
It's me
A4 A
Do you remember?
C#m A
All the things we'd hoped for
B C#m
And waited for so long
A B C#m
The kingdom of deliverance is gone
C#m A B C#m
Faded like a candle snuffed out to kill the light
A G# C#m
The morning runs away into the night
C#m B/D# Em D
Let me break apart
C G D/F#
The secrets you've held in your heart
Em D
Awaken now
C4 C
Remember
C D Em D
Words you hid away
C G D/F# Em
My promise to rise after the third day
D
It's me
C4 C D4 D
Do you remember? Remember
G4 G G4 G D
Glory! Glory! Hope is alive
D#° Em C
And lifted up, before your eyes
D G F
Waking all the world, open gates to paradise
Em Em/D
Now it's done, life has come
A7 D
Death has died
G4 G G4 G D
Glory! Glory! Hope is alive
D#° Em C
And lifted up, before your eyes
D G F
Waking all the world, open gates to paradise
Em Em/D
Now it's done, life has come
A7 D
Death has died
(Earth awaken, all creation open up your eyes again
C D4 D C G D
Easter glory, what an ending to the story
C D4 D G
My son, arise!