[Intro — Distant Horn] [Husband — low] There is a sound the world has learned to live with. Chains dragging. Fear talking. Bottles rattling. Another voice saying— STAY SICK. STAY SCARED. STAY BOUND. [Wife — entering strong] Then another sound breaks through. [Horn Blast] FREEDOM. [Verse 1 — Husband] They know the sound of the waiting room. The white coat. The prescription. The prognosis. The clock on the wall. [Wife] Then somebody walks in SINGING GOOD NEWS. Healing in her mouth. Joy in her feet. Grace in her song. [Husband] And suddenly— THE ROOM GETS UNCOMFORTABLE. [Both] WHAT IS IN THE SOUND THAT TORMENTS YOU? [Chorus — Call and Response] [Husband] WHAT SOUND TORMENTS YOU? [Wife] THE GRAVE IS EMPTY! [Husband] WHAT SOUND TORMENTS YOU? [Wife] CHRIST HATH MADE US FREE! [Husband] WHAT SOUND TORMENTS YOU? [Wife] THE JOY OF THE LORD! [Husband] WHAT SOUND TORMENTS YOU? [Wife] THE GOOD NEWS! [Both] THEN HEAR IT AGAIN! THE GRAVE IS EMPTY! JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN! YEA! [Choir] AMEN! [Verse 2 — Wife] We sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. So hear where the sound is coming from. [Husband] The crucible spoke. [Wife] And we answered with SONG. [Husband] Pain spoke. [Wife] And we answered with PRAISE. [Husband] The world spoke bondage. [Wife] And Jesus Christ said— [Both] LIBERTY! [Horn Blast] [Husband] “For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” [Wife] OURS IS CERTAIN. [Both] JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN! [Conflict — Percussion Marches] [Husband] They hear chains— [Wife] WE SOUND FREEDOM! [Husband] They hear fear— [Wife] WE SOUND FAITH! [Husband] They hear despair— [Wife] WE SOUND HOPE! [Husband] They hear the grave— [Wife] WE SOUND RESURRECTION! [Husband] They hear condemnation— [Wife] WE SOUND GRACE! [Both] “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” [Choir] YEA! AMEN! [Verse 3 — Husband] The Mighty Men are sounding the horn. [Wife] Sound it from the mountain. [Husband] Sound it through the cities. [Wife] Sound it across the nations. [Both] “BLOW YE THE TRUMPET IN ZION, AND SOUND AN ALARM IN MY HOLY MOUNTAIN:” [Horn Blast] FREEDOM! [Wife] The captive hears— LIBERTY! [Husband] The weary hears— REST! [Wife] The broken hears— HEALING! [Husband] The dead hears— LIFE! [Both] AND THE WORLD HEARS THE SOUND IT CANNOT BURY! [Break — sudden silence] [Husband] Why does GOOD NEWS sound like torment? [Wife] Because LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD. [Husband] Why does our dancing trouble you? [Wife] Because the fire became our testimony. [Husband] Why does our singing trouble you? [Wife] Because the crucible became our song. [Both] WHY DOES FREEDOM SOUND SO LOUD TO SOMEBODY HOLDING CHAINS? [Horn Blast] [Bridge — Revelation] [Husband] “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,” [Wife] “and by the word of their testimony;” [Both] THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB! THE WORD OF THE TESTIMONY! THERE IS THE SOUND! [Husband] You heard it from the little room. [Wife] You heard it across the nation. [Husband] You heard it across the ocean. [Wife] You heard it unto the uttermost. [Both] THE SOUND WENT OUT! AND NOW— THE HORN IS SOUNDING! [Final Conflict — Huge] [Husband] WHAT SOUND TORMENTS YOU? [Wife] CHRIST IS RISEN! [Husband] LOUDER! [Wife] CHRIST IS RISEN! [Husband] WHAT SOUND TORMENTS YOU? [Wife] CHRIST HATH MADE US FREE! [Husband] LOUDER! [Wife] CHRIST HATH MADE US FREE! [Both] THE GRAVE IS EMPTY! THE BLOOD SPEAKS! THE TESTIMONY SPEAKS! THE LIGHT SHINES! THE JOY REMAINS! THE DANCE CONTINUES! THE SOUND GOES OUT! THE MIGHTY MEN ARE SOUNDING THE HORN! [Choir] YEA! [Both] EVERY PROMISE IN HIM— [Choir] AMEN! [Both] FREEDOM HAS A SOUND! HEALING HAS A SOUND! RESURRECTION HAS A SOUND! GOOD NEWS HAS A SOUND! [Horn — One enormous final blast] [Wife] Hear it. [Husband] Believe it. [Both] JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN. [Choir] AMEN! [Hard Stop] [Both — unaccompanied] JESUS IS THE LORD
