This Is My Blood

[Verse 1] Life for life that's what they said Blood cries out from the ground where it's shed Don't eat the life don't drink the flow But He broke bread said this you must know Unless you drink unless you eat You got no part no pulse no beat The Word flips law like a table turned Flesh and blood the lesson burned [Chorus] This is my blood this is my cup Poured out love go on drink it up This is my blood this is my name Life in your veins never the same [Verse 2] The third cup lifted at the feast Red as rubies a covenant released A sip for the broken a toast to the torn In the shadow of the lamb redemption is sworn Passover whispers of what’s to come In the bitter and sweet where salvation’s from He raised it high but it wasn't the end A promise lingered in the wine again [Chorus] This is my blood this is my cup Poured out love go on drink it up This is my blood this is my name Life in your veins never the same [Verse 3] The fourth cup waiting in the night Wrath and mercy in a holy fight Gethsemane pressed the wine from His soul The bitter chalice swallowed whole Judgment poured but grace runs free From the garden to the skull-shaped tree Wrath turned mercy blood turned wine Now it’s finished now it’s divine [Chorus] This is my blood this is my cup Poured out love go on drink it up This is my blood this is my name Life in your veins never the same [Bridge] The life is in the blood, as we recall Inverted on the cross, shadows fall Yet rise again, where faith's dawn is met A living sacrifice, as in Romans set The cross reverts, transforming view Life's offering, both pure and true [chorus]