[Intro] I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, heard a great voice like a trumpet say: I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last— Write what thou seest, let the word hold fast. [Verse 1] Send it unto the seven churches in Asia, Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea it goes. I turned to see the voice that spake, seven golden candlesticks before my eyes, And in the midst, the Son of man, clothed to the foot, in glory arise. [Pre-Chorus] His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow— His eyes were as a flame of fire, His feet like brass that burns and glows. And his voice— as the sound of many waters. [Chorus] I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST! I am he that liveth, and was dead! Behold, I am alive for evermore— Amen! I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST! Fear not what lies ahead! I have the keys of hell and of death— Alive for evermore! Amen! [Verse 2] Seven stars in his right hand, a sharp twoedged sword from his mouth, His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength throughout. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead; He laid his right hand upon me— “Fear not,” was what he said. [Breakdown] Fear not! I am the first and the last! I am he that liveth— AND WAS DEAD! And, behold, I am alive for evermore! AMEN! And have the keys of hell and of death! [Bridge] Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, And the things which shall be hereafter— seven candlesticks, seven stars. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches where they stand. [Final Chorus] I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST! I am he that liveth, and was dead! Behold, I am alive for evermore— Amen! I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST! The Son of man who John beheld! His voice as the sound of many waters— and the keys of death and hell! [Outro] The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest... are the seven churches.
