VERSE 1:
People of God, see the morning is new;
Rise from your sleeping and run to the tomb.
Come and see! Come and see! He is alive!
A grave that is empty, a promise fulfilled.
God who was with us is here with us still.
He is here! He is here! He is alive!
CHORUS 1:
Alleluia! Love is alive;
conquered the grave and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The son has arisen for all.
Your people sing alleluia!
VERSE 2:
People of God, let your fear fall away.
Your chains have been broken;
abandon your shame.
Lif your hearts! Lift your hearts! He is alive!
Here now is mercy embracing your soul;
here the fulfillment that once was foretold.
It is true! It is true! He is alive!
CHORUS 3:
Alleluia! Love is alive;
conquered the grave and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The son has arisen for all.
CHORUS 4:
Alleluia! Love is alive;
conquered the grave and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The son has arisen for all.
Your people sing alleluia!
VERSE 1:
People of God, see the morning is new;
Rise from your sleeping and run to the tomb.
Come and see! Come and see! He is alive!
A grave that is empty, a promise fulfilled.
God who was with us is here with us still.
He is here! He is here! He is alive!
CHORUS 1:
Alleluia! Love is alive;
conquered the grave and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The son has arisen for all.
Your people sing alleluia!
VERSE 2:
People of God, let your fear fall away.
Your chains have been broken;
abandon your shame.
Lif your hearts! Lift your hearts! He is alive!
Here now is mercy embracing your soul;
here the fulfillment that once was foretold.
It is true! It is true! He is alive!
CHORUS 2:
Alleluia! Love is alive;
conquered the grave
and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The son has arisen for all.
Your people sing alleluia!
VERSE 3:
People of God now rejoicing in Christ,
Carry your joy to the darkness of night.
Tell the world! Tell the world! He is alive!
Hear the good news of this glorious day,
every heart singing as heaven proclaims:
He is LORD! He is LORD! He is alive!
CHORUS 3:
Alleluia! Love is alive;
conquered the grave
and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The son has arisen for all.
CHORUS 4:
Alleluia! Love is alive;
conquered the grave
and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The son has arisen for all.
Your people sing alleluia!
CANTOR:
I will praise you, LORD, for you have rescued me.
CONGREGATION:
I will praise you, LORD, for you have rescued me.
VERSE 1:
I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the netherworld;
you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
CONGREGATION:
I will praise you, LORD, for you have rescued me.
VERSE 2:
Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.
CONGREGATION:
I will praise you, LORD, for you have rescued me.
VERSE 3:
Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;
O LORD, be my helper.
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.
CONGREGATION:
I will praise you, LORD, for you have rescued me,
for you have rescued me.
VERSE 1:
I believe in the Son,
I believe in the risen One,
I believe I overcome,
by the power of his blood.
REFRAIN:
Amen, amen!
I'm alive, I'm alive
because he lives!
Amen, amen!
Let my song join the one that never ends:
because he lives!
VERSE 2:
I was dead in the grave,
I was covered in sin and shame.
I heard mercy call my name:
he rolled the stone away!
REFRAIN:
Amen, amen!
I'm alive, I'm alive
because he lives!
Amen, amen!
Let my song join the one that never ends.
BRIDGE:
Because he lives, I can face tomorrow!
Because he lives, every fear is gone!
I know he holds my life, my future, in his hands.
REFRAIN & CODA:
Amen, amen!
I'm alive, I'm alive
because he lives!
Amen, amen!
Let my song join the one that never ends:
because he lives,
because he lives!
VERSE 1:
I believe in the Son,
I believe in the risen One,
I believe I overcome,
by the power of his blood.
REFRAIN:
Amen, amen!
I'm alive, I'm alive
because he lives!
Amen, amen!
Let my song join the one that never ends:
because he lives!
VERSE 2:
I was dead in the grave,
I was covered in sin and shame.
I heard mercy call my name:
he rolled the stone away!
REFRAIN:
Amen, amen!
I'm alive, I'm alive
because he lives!
Amen, amen!
Let my song join the one that never ends.
BRIDGE:
Because he lives, I can face tomorrow!
Because he lives, every fear is gone!
I know he holds my life, my future, in his hands.
REFRAIN:
Amen, amen!
I'm alive, I'm alive
because he lives!
Amen, amen!
Let my song join the one that never ends.
REFRAIN & CODA:
Amen, amen!
I'm alive, I'm alive
because he lives!
Amen, amen!
Let my song join the one that never ends:
because he lives,
because he lives!
VERSE 1:
Up to the hill of Calvary
my Savior went courageously;
and there he bled and died for me:
alleluia for the Cross!
VERSE 2:
And on that day the world was changed;
a final, perfect Lamb was slain.
Let earth and heaven now proclaim:
alleluia for the Cross!
CHORUS 1:
Alleluia for the war he fought;
love has won, death has lost.
Alleluia for the souls he bought:
alleluia for the Cross!
VERSE 3:
What good I’ve done could never save
my debt too great for deeds to pay;
but God, my Savior, made a way:
alleluia for the Cross!
VERSE 4:
A slave to sin, my life was bound;
but all my chains fell to the ground;
when Jesus’ blood came flowin' down:
alleluia for the Cross!
CHORUS 2:
Alleluia for the war he fought;
love has won, death has lost.
Alleluia for the souls he bought:
alleluia for the Cross!
BRIDGE:
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
VERSE 4:
And when I breathe my final breath
I’ll have no need to fear that rest.
This hope will guide me into death:
alleluia for the Cross!
CHORUS 3:
Alleluia for the war he fought;
love has won, death has lost.
Alleluia for the souls he bought:
alleluia for the Cross!
CHORUS 4:
Alleluia for the war he fought;
love has won, death has lost.
Alleluia for the souls he bought:
alleluia for the Cross!
CHORUS 5:
Alleluia for the war he fought;
love has won, death has lost.
Alleluia for the souls he bought:
alleluia for the Cross!
CODA:
Alleluia for the Cross!
Alleluia for the Cross!
VERSE 1:
The greatest day in history:
death is beaten,
you have rescued me;
sing it out, Jesus is alive!
VERSE 2:
The empty cross, the empty grave;
life eternal, you have won the day.
Shout it out, Jesus is alive!
Oh, he's alive!
REFRAIN 1:
And oh, happy day, happy day!
You washed my sin away.
Oh, happy day, happy day!
I'll never be the same,
forever I am changed.
VERSE 3:
When I stand in that place;
free at last, meeting face to face:
I am yours, Jesus, you are mine.
VERSE 4:
Endless joy, perfect peace;
earthly pain finally will cease;
celebrate, Jesus is alive!
We believe, he's alive!
REFRAIN 2:
And oh, happy day, happy day!
You washed my sin away.
Oh, happy day, happy day!
I'll never be the same, (no, no, no)
forever I am changed.
BRIDGE:
And oh, what a glorious day;
what a glorious way:
that you have saved me.
And oh, what a glorious day;
What a glorious name..
Whoa-oh-oh!
REFRAIN 3:
And oh, happy day, happy day!
You washed my sin away.
Oh, happy day, happy day!
I'll never be the same.
CODA:
Your love has rescued me;
Forever I am changed.
What a glorious, glorious day!
I'll never be the same!