📝 LYRICS (Voice: Royal, triumphant, absolute — the King’s millennial reign) Verse 1 (Fast, driving — heavy rhythm, strings rushing like a mighty host) I SAW AN ANGEL — COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN! 👼⛓️ HOLDING THE KEY — TO THE ABYSS — AND A GREAT CHAIN — IN HIS HAND GIVEN! HE LAID HOLD — ON THE DRAGON — THAT OLD SERPENT — THE DEVIL — SATAN — THE DECEIVER OF THE WHOLE WORLD! BOUND HIM — FOR A THOUSAND YEARS — FURL’D! CAST HIM INTO THE ABYSS — SHUT HIM UP — SEALED HIM OVER HIM — SO HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE! UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED — THEN HE MUST BE RELEASED — FOR A LITTLE WHILE — BEFORE THE DOOR! Verse 2 (Strong, bright — the saints rise to reign) THEN I SAW THRONES — AND THEY SAT UPON THEM — AND JUDGMENT WAS GIVEN! 👑⚖️ AND THE SOULS OF THOSE BEHEADED — FOR THE WITNESS OF JESUS — AND FOR THE WORD OF GOD — LIVED AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST — A THOUSAND YEARS — WRITTEN! THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION — BLESSED AND HOLY — IS HE WHO HAS PART IN IT! OVER SUCH — THE SECOND DEATH — HAS NO POWER — BUT THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST — AND SHALL REIGN WITH HIM — A THOUSAND YEARS — PERFECT AND FIT! Pre-Chorus (Building — brighter, rising like the sun) NO MORE WAR — NO MORE CRY — NO MORE WEAPON FORGED SHALL PROSPER BY AND BY! 🛡️ THE WOLF SHALL DWELL WITH THE LAMB — THE LION EAT STRAW LIKE THE OX — THE NATIONS LEARN WAR NO MORE — NEITHER SHALL THEY HURT NOR DESTROY — IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN — SAYS THE LORD ON HIGH! Chorus (EXPLOSIVE — full orchestra, choir, thunderous power) A THOUSAND YEARS! A THOUSAND YEARS! 👑🔥 CHRIST REIGNS! CHRIST REIGNS! IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TEARS NO MORE! BOUND IS THE ENEMY — SILENCED THE LIAR! THE SAINTS ARISE — AND REIGN AS HIS PRIESTS — HIGHER AND HIGHER! PEACE LIKE A RIVER — KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD FILLS THE EARTH! FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN — TO ITS GOING FORTH! HE SHALL REIGN — HE SHALL REIGN! A THOUSAND YEARS — AND THEN — FOREVER MORE — AMEN! 🙌🌍🕊️ Verse 3 (Fast, radiant — paradise restored) NO MORE INFANT DAYS — FEW — SHALL NOT FILL HIS YEARS! 🌱✨ THE YOUTH SHALL NOT DIE — THE SINNER SHALL LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS! THEY SHALL BUILD HOUSES — AND INHABIT THEM — NOT ANOTHER DWELL THEREIN! THEY SHALL PLANT VINEYARDS — AND EAT THE FRUIT — NOT ANOTHER EAT THEM — IN VAIN! MY CHOSEN — SHALL LONG ENJOY THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS — THEY SHALL NOT LABOUR IN VAIN — NOR BRING FORTH FOR TROUBLE — FOR THEY ARE THE SEED OF THE BLESSED OF THE LORD — AND THEIR OFFSPRING WITH THEM — AND BEFORE HIM — THEY SHALL STAND! Bridge (Soaring, glorious — the Kingdom established) HE SHALL RULE — WITH ROD OF IRON — YET HIS YOKE IS EASY — HIS BURDEN LIGHT! 🕊️⚖️ THE WHOLE EARTH — SHALL BE FILLED — WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD — AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA — BROAD AND BRIGHT! NO MORE DEATH — NO MORE SORROW — NO MORE CURSE — THE FIRST THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY! ALL CREATION — GROANS NO MORE — THE KINGDOM OF GOD — IS HERE — TODAY! (Loud, ringing — absolute victory) THE LAST ENEMY TO BE DESTROYED — IS DEATH ITSELF! ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIS FEET — ALL THINGS UNDER HIM — HIMSELF SUBJECTS TO THE FATHER — THAT GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL — FOREVER — NOT A DREAM — NOT A CALM! Final Chorus (MAXIMUM POWER — triumphant, glorious, all heaven singing) A THOUSAND YEARS! A THOUSAND YEARS! CHRIST REIGNS! CHRIST REIGNS! IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE! BOUND IS THE ENEMY — SILENCED THE LIAR! THE SAINTS ARISE — AND REIGN AS HIS PRIESTS — HIGHER AND HIGHER! PEACE LIKE A RIVER — KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD FILLS THE EARTH! FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN — TO ITS GOING FORTH! HE SHALL REIGN — HE SHALL REIGN! A THOUSAND YEARS — AND THEN — FOREVER MORE — AMEN! 👑🔥🌍🙌 Outro (Grand, fading — peaceful, eternal) AND WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE COMPLETED… SATAN SHALL BE RELEASED FROM HIS PRISON… BUT THEN — FINAL JUDGMENT — THE GREAT WHITE THRONE… AND THEN — NO MORE DELAY… ETERNITY… BEGINS… AND GOD IS ALL… IN ALL… FOREVER… AMEN… ✨🕊️👑 The Thousand Years — the Sabbath of creation, the reign of the King, the enemy bound, the saints ruling and reigning with Him. Peace, justice, knowledge, and joy filling the earth. And even this — is just the beginning of the forever. 🕊️👑🌍 ✅
