
Β π LYRICS (Voice: Solemn, absolute, trembling β then triumphant, eternal) Verse 1 (Deep, hushed, immense β low strings, distant thunder) THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE β AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT! βοΈπ FROM WHOSE FACE β THE EARTH AND HEAVEN FLED AWAY β AND THERE WAS FOUND NO PLACE FOR THEM β NO HABITAT β NO FIT! AND I SAW THE DEAD β SMALL AND GREAT β STAND BEFORE GOD! AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED β AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED β WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE β AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS β WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS β ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS β THEIR STRIFE! π Verse 2 (Building β solemn, unescapable) THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT β AND DEATH AND HELL DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN THEM! ππ AND THEY WERE JUDGED β EVERY MAN β ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS β NO EXCUSE β NO GEM β AND DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE β THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH! AND WHOSEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE β WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE β THE FINAL BREATH β THE FINAL DEATH! π₯π Pre-Chorus (Solemn, absolute β silence before the final word) THEN THE ONE UPON THE THRONE SPOKE β AND ALL THINGS SHIMMERED AND FLED β "BEHOLD β I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW!" β AND THE OLD WORLD β WAS DEAD β π¬β¨ Chorus (EXPLOSION OF LIGHT β full orchestra, blinding glory) BEHOLD! NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH! π π THE FIRST HEAVEN AND EARTH β ARE PASSED β NO MORE DEATH β NO MORE BIRTH β NO MORE TEARS β NO MORE SORROW β NO MORE CRYING β NO MORE PAIN! FOR THE FORMER THINGS β ARE ALL PASSED AWAY β AND I AM GOD β AND I REIGN! HE DWELLS WITH MEN β AND THEY ARE HIS PEOPLE β AND GOD HIMSELF β IS WITH THEM β THEIR GOD FOREVER β AMEN! πποΈπ Verse 3 (Radiant, vast β the new creation) AND HE THAT SAT UPON THE THRONE SAID β "BEHOLD β I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW!" AND HE SAID UNTO ME β "WRITE β FOR THESE WORDS ARE TRUE AND FAITHFUL β AND THEY ARE DUE!" πβ¨ "I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA β THE BEGINNING AND THE END β I WILL GIVE UNTO HIM THAT IS ATHIRST β OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE β FREELY β NO COST β NO PEN β HE THAT OVERCOMETH β SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS β AND I WILL BE HIS GOD β AND HE SHALL BE MY SON β BUT THE FEARFUL β AND UNBELIEVING β AND THE ABOMINABLE β AND MURDERERS β AND SORCERERS β AND IDOLATERS β AND ALL LIARS β SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE β WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH β DONE!" βοΈπ₯ Bridge (Soaring, eternal β all things made perfect) NO MORE CURSE β NO MORE NIGHT β NO MORE HIDING β NO MORE FIGHT! ποΈ THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN β AND HE SHALL DWELL WITH THEM β FOREVER β BRIGHT! EVERY TEAR IS WIPED AWAY β EVERY SICKNESS HEALED β EVERY SCAR ERASED β EVERY HEART MADE WHOLE β EVERY VOICE RAISED β THE JUDGMENT IS PAST β THE REIGN BEGUN β AND GOD IS ALL β AND IN ALL β AND EVERY KNEEL IS DONE! πππ Final Chorus (ETERNAL GLORY β maximum brightness, endless sound) BEHOLD! NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH! THE FIRST HEAVEN AND EARTH β ARE PASSED β NO MORE DEATH β NO MORE GRIEF! HE DWELLS WITH US β HIS NAME IS WITH US β HIS FACE SHINES UPON US β FOREVER β PURE β AND BRIGHT! NO NEED OF SUN β NO NEED OF MOON β THE GLORY OF GOD IS OUR LIGHT! THE LAMB IS THE LAMP β AND THE NATIONS WALK IN IT β AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH BRING THEIR GLORY β AND THEIR WORTH β INTO IT! AND THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE β AND THEY NEED NO CANDLE β NEITHER LIGHT OF SUN β FOR THE LORD GOD GIVES THEM LIGHT β AND THEY SHALL REIGN β FOREVER AND EVER! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! ππ₯πποΈπ Outro (Eternal, peaceful, glowing β fading into endless light) AND HE SHEWED ME A PURE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFEβ¦ CLEAR AS CRYSTALβ¦ PROCEEDING OUT OF THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMBβ¦ AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSEβ¦ BUT THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB SHALL BE IN ITβ¦ AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIMβ¦ AND THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACEβ¦ AND HIS NAME SHALL BE IN THEIR FOREHEADSβ¦ AND THEY SHALL REIGN β FOREVER AND EVERβ¦ AMENβ¦ EVEN SO β COME β LORD JESUSβ¦ ποΈπβ¨ Β The End β and the Beginning Forever. Judgment gives way to mercy. The old passes away. The new comes. And God is with us β forever. The story that began in Genesis 1 β "In the beginning Godβ¦" ends in Revelation 22 β "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen." πβ¨π This is the close of all things β and the start of eternity. ποΈππ

