Oh, Death; Oh, LIfe

{musical intro] [verse]Oh life, the strife keeps coming to our door The challenges and hardship, I don’t need them any more The body blows of grief and pain They take my breath, then come again Oh life, the strife, Keeps coming to our door [verse 2} Oh death, the breadth Of what you repossess You keep on taking from us And leave us with what’s left Of friends we loved, and family You just can’t seem to let things be Oh death, the breadth Of what you take from us. [Chorus] Oh life, oh death You both take our breath You just won’t stop, Day after day, And I, for one, Would like to say Oh life, oh death, Please give us back our breath. [musical interlude] [verse 3] Oh life, the good That must be understood As sunshine after rain, Forgiveness after pain Joy after the heartache And love for its own sake Oh life, there’s good, That must be understood [verse 4] Oh death, you think you won But you moved us to the Son Away from all that brought us pain Into an age of so much gain With friends we loved, and family And a God who won’t let things be Until everything is new And reconciled, and true Oh death, you think you won But you moved us to the Son. [chorus] Oh life, oh death You both take our breath With moments so amazing They direct where we are gazing From the strife and all we’ve lost To what happened on the Cross Jesus restoring all our loss Oh life, oh death, in Heaven’s time, and in Heaven’s way, Please, take our breath away.