It's Empty
Resurrected Love: Embracing Life Beyond the Empty Tomb
Lyrics
This place is empty
This location is devoid of people or life.
Everyone has gone away
Everyone has departed or left this place.
There's nothing left but folded cloth in the tomb
There's nothing remaining except folded fabric in the burial site.
I heard the people talking
The speaker overheard conversations among people.
Said that they got Him
Refers to individuals claiming to have captured Him.
One even said he saw His hands, feet, and side
A witness claims to have seen marks on His hands, feet, and side.
That He
An unfinished reference, possibly about what "He" did or experienced.
Didn't put up a fight
Suggests He didn't resist or oppose His capture.
They just hung Him out to dry
Implies a passive or unfair treatment of Him by others.
This ain't our Messiah
Expresses doubt about His identity as the Messiah.
How could He have died
Questions the possibility of His death.
But He's life and He's life again
Asserts His resurrection and continuous life.
And it's just like He said
His words came true as predicted.
And He ain't finished yet
He's not done yet; there's more to His story.
Showed His love with sinless blood
Illustrates His expression of love through His sinless blood.
The tomb is empty
Repeated emphasis on the empty tomb, affirming His absence from it.
The tomb is empty
-It's still empty
-Look somewhere else
-The tomb is empty
-Yeah, He ain't there
-The tomb is empty
-Yeah, Jesus ain't there!
-It's STILL empty
Reiterates the emptiness of the tomb.
He's out walking around, somewhere
Suggests His presence elsewhere, not confined to the tomb.
I can't wrap my head around it
Difficulty understanding, but belief in its truth.
But I know it's true
Confident in the truth despite personal struggle to comprehend.
Five hundred witnesses said their eyes beheld You
Refers to eyewitnesses who saw Him after resurrection.
And Your Word shined a light in me
Personal testimony of experiencing His impact and transformation.
When
-I was eighteen
-And
-Since then I've seen You move
-Change my life like lightning
-In the thunder and the rain
-Broken heart in a hurricane
-And when the clouds went away
-I was never the same!
-The tomb is empty
Repetition emphasizing the absence of Jesus from the tomb.
The tomb is empty
-It's still empty
-Look somewhere else
-The tomb is empty
-Yeah, He ain't there
-The tomb is empty
-Yeah, Jesus ain't there!
-It's STILL empty
Reasserts the continued emptiness of the tomb.
He's out walking around, somewhere
Suggests His active presence elsewhere.
And I tried to play the game
Personal reflection on attempts to resist change and the power of His name.
Yeah, I tried to stay the same
-But there's something about that name
-There's no point in trying to deny it
-The tomb is empty
Repeated affirmation of the empty tomb and His absence from it, emphasizing His active presence elsewhere.
The tomb is empty
-It's still empty
-Look somewhere else
-The tomb is empty
-Yeah, He ain't there
-The tomb is empty
-Yeah, Jesus ain't there
-It's STILL empty
-He's out walking around, somewhere
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