[Verse 1] I kept a broom beside my secrets Swept the evidence away Put a fresh coat on the doorway Where I locked my truth for days I learned to speak in hopeful phrases Counted every better week But a cleaner-looking prison Wasn't what You wanted for me [Chorus] I don't need a better grave With new flowers on the stone I don't need to look alive While my heart is turning cold Call my name, roll the stone Let the old clothes hit the ground I don't need a better grave I need resurrection now [Verse 2] There were names I couldn't mention There were debts I couldn't pay And the people I had wounded Had good reason to walk away You didn't call my damage harmless Didn't ask them to pretend You called me into daylight Where the honest work begins [Chorus] I don't need a better grave With new flowers on the stone I don't need to look alive While my heart is turning cold Call my name, roll the stone Let the old clothes hit the ground I don't need a better grave I need resurrection now [Verse 3] When You called me from the darkness I came stumbling toward the light Still tangled in the linen Of the life I'd left behind And You sent some faithful people Who weren't frightened by the truth To help me lose the grave clothes As I learned to walk with You [Chorus] I don't need a better grave With new flowers on the stone I don't need to look alive While my heart is turning cold Call my name, roll the stone Let the old clothes hit the ground I don't need a better grave I need resurrection now [Bridge: Building, passionate] I thought a little self-improvement Was the best that I could do But You came for what was buried And You made the buried new Not a shortcut past repentance Not a way around the pain But a life that bears Your fingerprints Where the old one wore my chains [Instrumental: Emotional electric guitar over Hammond organ, building into a full-band release] [Verse 4] Now there's someone at my table Who won't lift his tired eyes Says he's tried a hundred mornings And every promise dies by night I don't hand him easy answers I just show him what You've done The stone is not the ending When the risen Savior comes [Final Chorus: Powerful, triumphant] I don't need a better grave With new flowers on the stone I don't need to look alive While my heart is turning cold You called my name, You rolled the stone And the old clothes hit the ground I don't need a better grave I've got resurrection now [Outro: Stripped-down vocal, then full-band ending] You didn't come to decorate The place where I was bound You called me from the darkness And taught these feet new ground I don't need a better grave I need resurrection now
