I was blind, I could not see

He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” John 9:25 NIV

Jesus: “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” John 9:39 NIV

If you walk away, walk away... 

I will follow

As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ... Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” Luke 9:57-61 NIV

But Ruth said, “Do not plead with me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you sleep, I will sleep.” Ruth 1:16 NASB 

I was lost, I am found

Jesus: “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” Luke 15:22-24 NIV

I, I try to speak up

But only in you I'm complete

Jesus: “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” John 15:11 NIV 

Jesus: “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” John 16:24 NIV

Gloria (glory)

In te domine (in you Lord)

Gloria (glory) 

Exultate (exult, rejoice, exalt)

I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:2-3 NIV (see also Psalms 57:5 & 108:5)

Oh Lord, loosen my lips

O Lord, open my lips,

That my mouth may declare Your praise. Psalm 51:15 NASB

But I can't find the door

The door is open

You're standing there, you let me in

Jesus: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 & Luke 11:9 NIV

​Jesus: “Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.” Revelation 3:20 NRSV

October and the trees are stripped bare 

Of all they wear...

​But you go on and on

“All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” Isaiah 40:6-8 NIV (see also Psalm 103:15-19 NIV)

Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall

But you go on and on

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.... He says, ​“Be still, and know that I am God” Psalm 46:6,10 NIV

Jesus:​ “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.... Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Matthew 24:7,35, Mark 13:8,31 & Luke 21:10,33 NIV

How long, how long must we sing this song? 

How long, how long?

My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? Psalm 6:3 NIV (see also Psalm 13:1-2, Habakkuk 1:2)

Wipe the tears from your eyes

Wipe your tears away

I'll wipe your tears away

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4 KJV (see also Revelation 7:17, Isaiah 25:8)

We eat and drink while tomorrow they die ​ 

“Let us eat and drink,” you say, “for tomorrow we die!” Isaiah 22:13 NIV (see also 1 Corinthians 15:32)

The real battle just begun

To claim the victory Jesus won

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30 NIV

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?... But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 KJV

I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself. Philippians 3:12 GNT

I will be with you again

Jesus: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:3 KJV

Jesus: “And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.” John 16:22 KJV

Under a blood–red sky

The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. Revelation 6:12-13 NIV

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. Joel 2:31 KJV & Acts 2:20 KJV

Arms entwined, the chosen few

Jesus: “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” ​Matthew 22:14 NIV

I will begin again

Jesus: “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3 NIV

Drowning man

Save me, O God! The water is up to my neck; I am sinking in deep mud, and there is no solid ground; I am out in deep water, and the waves are about to drown me. Psalm 69:1-2 GNT (see also Psalm 69:14-15)

The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. Psalm 18:4-5 NIV

For I have promised for to be with you tonight

And for the time that will come... 

This love lasts forever

“Listen and come to Me. Hear, so you may live. And I will make an agreement with you that lasts forever, because of the faithful love promised to David.” Isaiah 55:3 NLV

Take my hand... Hold on tightly...

​The storm will pass, it won't be long now

He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. Psalm 107:29 NIV

The disciples went and woke him, saying “Master, Master, we're going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. Luke 8:24 NIV

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. Psalm 18:16 NIV

​Rise up, rise up, with wings like eagles

You run, you run, you run and not grow weary

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:30-31 NIV

This love lasts forever

His love endures forever. Psalms 136, 100:5, 106:1, 107:1, 118:1-4 NIV (see NLV for "lasts forever")

I waited patiently for the Lord, he inclined and heard my cry

He brought me up out of the pit, out of the miry clay

I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

He brought me up out of the pit... out of the miry clay. Psalm 40:1-2 NASB

I will sing, sing a new song

I will sing a new song to you, my God... Psalm 144:9 NIV 

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God... Psalm 40:3 NASB

You set my feet upon a rock and made my footsteps firm

Many will see, many will see and​ hear

And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm...

Many will see and fear. Psalm 40:2-3 NASB

How long to sing this song?

My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. Psalm 6:3-4 NIV 

One man come in the name of love

One man come and go

One man come he to justify

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. Romans 5:19 NIV

One man come he to justify

After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Isaiah 53:11 NIV (see also Acts 13:38-39 KJV and 1 Corinthians 6:11)

One man to overthrow

Jesus: ​“Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” Matthew 26:21 NIV

One man come and go...

Free at last, they took your life...

In the name of love

What more in the name of love

Jesus: ​“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:12-13 NIV

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Jesus: ​“Where I am going, you cannot come. A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:33-35 NIV (see also Matthew 20:26-28 NIV and Mark 10:43-45)

… let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1 John 4:7-8 KJV

One man washed up on an empty beach

“I sank beneath the waves, and death was very near. The waters closed above me”....  And the Lord ordered the fish to spit up Jonah on the beach, and it did. Jonah 2:5-10 TLB

One man betrayed with a kiss

Jesus: ​“Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” Luke 22:48 NIV

Walk on by, walk on through

Walk till you run and don't look back

For here I am

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze... Do not be afraid, for I am with you... Isaiah 43:2-5 NIV

Carnival, the wheels fly and the colors spin through alcohol

Red wine that punctures the skin

Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things. Proverbs 23:31-33 NIV

Face to face in a dry and waterless place

There on the mountain the Lord spoke to you face-to-face from the fire. Deuteronomy 5:4 GNT

He led you through that vast and terrifying desert where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. In that dry and waterless land he made water flow out of solid rock for you. Deuteronomy 8:15 GNB/GNT

And if the mountains should crumble

Or disappear into the sea

Not a tear, no not I

And so we need not fear even if the world blows up and the mountains crumble into the sea. Psalm 46:2 TLB

Don't push me too far, don't push me too far, tonight

And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV

I have climbed the highest mountains, I have run through the fields

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. Psalm 18:33 NIV

I have scaled these city walls

With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. Psalm 18:29 NIV

I have kissed honey lips

Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. Song of Songs 4:11 NIV

It burned like fire

It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Song of Songs 8:6 NIV

I have spoke with the tongue of angels

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 NIV

I believe in the Kingdom Come

Jesus: “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 NIV

You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains

This is what the Lord says: “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?” Isaiah 58:6 NIV

Carried the cross of my shame

Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). John 19:17 NIV

Jesus: “And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:27 NIV

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for 

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 NIV

See the thorn twist in your side

I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 NIV

I wait for you

My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.... Lord, I wait for you... Psalm 38:7-8, 15 NIV

My hands are tied, my body bruised

They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head.... They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. Matthew 27:28-30 NIV

And you give yourself away

Jesus: “whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:26-28 NIV

Yeah, we'll shine like stars in the summer night

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure.... Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. Philippians 2:15-16 NIV

Treasure just to look upon it, all the riches in the night

Jesus: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth… But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21 NIV (see GNT for “riches”) (see Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:16-21)

A harbor in the tempest

“Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! … I would flee far away and stay in the desert; I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.” Psalm 55:6-8 NIV

Your love not to grow cold

Jesus: “At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other… the love of most will grow cold” Matthew 24:10-12 NIV

All the promises we make/break...

When all I want is you

Jesus: “You have also heard that people were told in the past, ‘Do not break your promise, but do what you have vowed to the Lord to do.’ But now I tell you: do not use any vow when you make a promise.... Just say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’—anything else is from the Evil One.” Matthew 5:33-37 GNT

One

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one. Genesis 2:24 GNT

The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Deuteronomy 6:4 NIV

... there is one body... one Spirit... one hope... one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. Ephesians 4:4-6 NIV 

One but not the same

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body… Romans 12:4-5 KJV

Have you come here for forgiveness?... Have you come here to play Jesus?

Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” Some teachers of the Law… thought to themselves... “This is blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!” Mark 2:5–7 GNT 

Have you come to raise the dead? Have you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head?

Jesus: “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.” Matthew 10:8 NASB 

And a leper came to Jesus… saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Mark 1:40 NASB

Love the higher law

For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:13 NIV

Love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:10 NIV

You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl

Jesus: “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.” Matthew 23:13 NIV (see also Luke 11:46)

Jesus: “Ask and it will be given to you… knock and the door will be opened” Matthew 7:7 & Luke 11:9 NIV 

One love, one blood

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:7-8 NIV 

Jesus: “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:28 NIV

We get to carry each other, carry each other… sisters, brothers

Brothers and sisters…. Carry each other’s burdens, and… fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:1-2 NIV

Jesus: “Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister...” Mark 3:35 RSV

Faraway, so close

But now you belong to Christ Jesus. At one time you were far away from God. Now you have been brought close to Him. Ephesians 2:13 NLV

If I could stay, then the night would give you up

Jesus: “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Matthew 26:38 NIV

Stay with the demons you drowned

When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man.... [He] commanded the impure spirit to come out... When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. Luke 8:27-33 NIV

Just the bang and the clatter, as an angel hits the ground

If I speak in the tongues of men or angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 NIV