Stone Broken

Lyrics

[Intro]
Soft piano, distant atmosphere, breath and space

I walked out of the dark into the dawn again
Heaven held its breath
The stone was broken open
And the silence lost its grip

The sky split wide
The earth remembered
And death stood still

[Verse 1]
When I enter, the air turns still
The weight of glory bends the will
Hands once pierced now carry fire
A wounded king, but risen higher

I spoke in dust and mountains moved
I bled in love and made things new
I wore the cross, I bore the shame
And still the broken speak my name

The serpent whispered through the garden
But I answered with the morning
The grave reached out to keep me under
But I rose and tore its hands apart

I do not borrow crowns from men
I wrote the stars before their breath
I lay beneath the crushing stone
Then walked beyond the reach of death

[Pre-Chorus]
It is finished
Still it echoes
Through the hollow of the earth
Through the fear inside the living
Through the empire of the curse

[Chorus]
I’m back
Out of the grave and into the light
I’m back
Love in my scars and fire in my eyes
I’m back
Death fell down when I stood upright
Call my name
And the dark gives way tonight

I’m back
Every chain begins to break
I’m back
Every silence starts to shake
You can run
You can hide
You can curse the morning sky
But the tomb gave way
When I came alive

[Verse 2]
I walked on waters no storm could claim
I held the thunder and spoke its name
The liar called from the edge of doubt
I left him there and cast him out

Thirty silver could not undo
The mercy I still gave to you
A thief looked up through failing breath
I turned his ending into rest

I was beaten
I was mocked
I was lifted high in pain
And the temple tore in two
When love outlived the blade

I could have answered wrath with fire
Called down angels in their ranks
But I stayed beneath the hammer
Till your chains fell from their place

They divide upon my name
Still I come for them the same
For the lost and unbelieving
For the proud and for the ashamed

[Pre-Chorus]
It is finished
Still it echoes
Through the marrow and the sea
Through the empire of the violent
Through the heart that cannot see

[Chorus]
I’m back
Out of the grave and into the light
I’m back
Love in my scars and fire in my eyes
I’m back
Death fell down when I stood upright
Call my name
And the dark gives way tonight

I’m back
Every chain begins to break
I’m back
Every silence starts to shake
You can run
You can hide
You can curse the morning sky
But the tomb gave way
When I came alive

[Bridge]
Drop to near silence, ambient swell, distant choir

Every word I spoke
Was a lantern in the famine
Every wound I bore
Was a doorway through the anguish

I am the road through ruin
I am the hand in the flood
I am the voice in the exile
I am the rising blood

From the ashes
From the stone
From the sorrow buried deep
I am calling out the living
I am waking what was asleep

[Final Chorus]
Full crescendo, huge drums, layered guitars, choir harmonies

I’m back
Out of the grave and into the light
I’m back
Love in my scars and fire in my eyes
I’m back
Death fell down when I stood upright
Call my name
And the night gives up its fight

I’m back
Let the earth and heavens shake
I’m back
Let the bound and broken wake
From the dust
From the ache
From the silence and the flame
The grave gave way
When I rose again

[Outro]
Long instrumental swell, repeating vocal refrain, fading into atmosphere

I rose again
I rose again
I rose again