The South Queen Shall Rise

[Title: THE SOUTH QUEEN SHALL RISE] [Intro] [Low male voice, distant war drums] They can close the door. They can block her name. They can gather behind the square. But they cannot block what Jesus already said. [Male Clan] IT IS WRITTEN. [Verse 1] They built their lodge behind the wall Three knocks answering through the hall Aprons, titles, signs and degrees A craft kept under lock and keys But she needs no guarded room No password spoken in the gloom No master's grip to recognize She opens the Book— THE SOUTH QUEEN SHALL RISE. [Chorus] [Female Choir soaring] THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT THEY CANNOT BREW THEIR WAY OUT OF WHAT IS WRITTEN No secret hand No hidden sign Can take one word From Jesus' line THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE [Male Clan] SHE SHALL RISE! [Female Choir] Because He said it. [Verse 2] Their craft has stood behind closed doors With guarded steps on guarded floors But once the Word walks through the gate No human craft can change its fate The craftsmen knew what truth could cost When idols fell and trade was lost They cried the warning through the town— “THIS OUR CRAFT IS IN DANGER TO BE SET AT NOUGHT.” [Female] Then what prevailed? [Male Clan] THE WORD OF GOD. [Female] Say it again. [Male Clan] THE WORD OF GOD PREVAILED. [Chorus] THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT THEY CANNOT BREW THEIR WAY OUT OF WHAT IS WRITTEN No ancient craft No guarded sign Can erase one word From Jesus' line THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE [Breakdown] [Marching drums, female lead] Mix the cup. Guard the door. Draw the square across the floor. Call it craft. Call it light. Dress the darkness up in white. Still the letters do not move. Still the sentence stands as proof. [Male Clan] WHAT SENTENCE? [Female] “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment” [Male Clan] IT IS WRITTEN! [Verse 3] She doesn't need to storm their hall She doesn't need to breach their wall She doesn't need their chair or crown The Word already tears them down They blocked the woman from their page As though a button built a cage But ink still burns across the age— THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT IN CHAINS. [Bridge] She did not write Matthew twelve. She did not put the Queen there. She did not summon judgment. She did not invent the words. She read them. And there they were. Before the lodge blocked her. Before the lodge knew her. Before their fathers learned their craft. There they were. “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment” [Male Clan] YOU CANNOT BLOCK WHAT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. [Final Chorus] THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT NO CRAFT OF MEN CAN UNWRITE WHAT IS WRITTEN Let every secret meet the Light Let every craft be set at nought For mightily grew THE WORD OF GOD [Male Clan] AND PREVAILED! [Female Choir] THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE [Male Clan] SHE SHALL RISE! [Female Choir] Not because she said it. [Male Clan] SHE SHALL RISE! [Female Choir] Because JESUS said it. [Outro] [Everything falls silent] [Female, alone] “And, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.” [Male Clan, thunderous] JESUS IS THE LORD.