HE’S ALIVE
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The gates and doors were barred And all the windows fastened down
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I spent the night in sleeplessness And rose at every sound
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Half in hope of sorrow And half in fear the day
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Would find the soldiers breakin' through To drag us all away
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And just before the sunrise I heard somethin' at the wall
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The gate began to rattle And a voice began to call
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I hurried to the window Looked down into the street
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Expecting swords and torches And the sound of soldiers' feet
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There was no one there but Mary So I went down to let her in
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John stood there beside me As she told us where, she'd been
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"They've moved Him in the night And none of us knows where
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The Stone's been rolled away And now His body isn't there"
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We both ran toward the garden Then John ran on ahead
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We found the stone and empty tomb Just the way that Mary said
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But the windin' sheet they wrapped Him in Was just an empty shell
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And how or where, they'd taken Him Was more than I could tell
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Well somethin' strange had happened there Just what I did not know
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John believed a miracle But I just turned to go
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Circumstance and speculation Couldn't lift me very high
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Cause I’d seen them crucify Him And I saw Him die
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Back inside the house again The guilt and anguish came
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Everything, I had promised Him Just added to my shame
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When at last it came to choices I denied, I knew His name
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And even if He were alive It wouldn't be the same
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Suddenly the air was filled With a strange and sweet perfume
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Light that came from everywhere Drove shadows from the room
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And Jesus stood before me With His arms held open wide
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I fell down on my knees And I just clung to Him and cried
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He raised me to my feet And as I looked into His eyes
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Love was shining out from Him Like sunlight from the skies
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Guilt in my confusion Disappeared in sweet release



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And every fear I ever had Just melted into peace
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He's alive, He's alive He's alive and I'm forgiven
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Heaven's gates are open wide He's alive, He's alive
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He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide
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He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide
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He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide