[Intro] [choir murmurs Distant organ swell] [Verse 1] Born to bleed in a borrowed stable Wood and nails in the shadow of His name Blind men touching the edge of a miracle While wolves already counted out the change [Pre-Chorus] He walked on the water we poisoned He touched every plague in our veins We crowned Him in thorns for a halo And called it faith as we drove in the nails [Chorus] Jesus King in the slaughter Drinking our venom like wine Screaming grace through the gutter “Father forgive them” in time From a cross on a skull-shaped mountain Where the sky cracked open in flame Jesus Death heard You calling And bowed to the weight of Your name [Verse 2] Thirty coins in a trembling pocket Kiss of guilt in a midnight garden Steel and torches A question and silence “Are You He?” and the storm answered for Him [Pre-Chorus] He staggered beneath our indictments Each lash spelling out our pride We cheered as the hammer descended He gasped “It is finished” and died [Chorus] Jesus King in the slaughter Drinking our venom like wine Screaming grace through the gutter “Father forgive them” in time From a cross on a skull-shaped mountain Where the sky cracked open in flame Jesus Death heard You calling And bowed to the weight of Your name [Bridge] [organ and low choir only] Grave sealed tight Stone on stone Hell shouted “This one’s ours” Then a whisper Split the dark Lion breathing In the heart [guitars and drums explode back in] He ripped through the ribs of the grave (hey!) Tore the rusted gates apart Hell’s own anthem fell to silence As He walked out Scars like stars [Chorus] Jesus Lord of the abyss now With the keys in His wounded hand Every tombstone shakes and shivers At the sound of the Risen Lamb From the cross to the throne of thunder Where the saints and the martyrs sing Jesus Grave-conquering Savior Forever the death of death’s sting
