[VERSE 1]
The garden kept a silent tomb
Cut deep inside the stone
Where wrapped in linen heaven’s King
Lay buried and alone
The spices sealed what grief believed
Was hope beneath the clay
But life was stirring in the dark
Preparing for the day
[CHORUS]
Firstborn from the grave
The stone was rolled away
The night of death was overthrown
The dawn has come to stay
The grave has lost its claim
Death trembles at His name
And every tomb will hear the call
Firstborn from the grave
[VERSE 2]
For centuries the earth received
The breath it could not keep
The kings and prophets of the dust
Were laid in silent sleep
But when the Father called His Son
The sealed rock rolled aside
The ground that claimed a thousand lives
Released the Lord of life
[CHORUS]
Firstborn from the grave
The stone was rolled away
The night of death was overthrown
The dawn has come to stay
The grave has lost its claim
Death trembles at His name
And every tomb will hear the call
Firstborn from the grave
[BRIDGE]
The soil remembers every name
The dust will rise again
The trumpet splits the waiting sky
The saints awaken then
The earth will shake with living sound
The sealed graves open wide
The risen King will call His own
And death itself will hide
[FINAL CHORUS]
Firstborn from the grave
The stone was rolled away
The night of death was overthrown
The dawn has come to stay
The grave has lost its claim
Death trembles at His name
And every tomb will hear the call
Firstborn from the grave
