[VERSE 1]
I am the First, I am the Last in line
I stepped through death and I came back alive
I know your nights, I know your days
I know the weight you carry when you pray
They say you have nothing to your name
But heaven calls that a different kind of gain
[PRE CHORUS]
Do not let fear write tomorrow’s song
What is coming will not last long
Ten hard days, then the dark breaks through
Time cannot touch what I have made for you
[CHORUS]
So stay faithful unto the end
Hold on when the night will not bend
What the world takes, I do not restore
I give a crown death cannot touch or destroy
And death may knock, but it cannot stay
You will not be harmed the second way
Stay faithful unto the end
I have your life, I will hold it then
[VERSE 2]
You are poor by numbers, rich by grace
Your names are known in a higher place
They throw their words like they throw their stones
But lies do not stand before My throne
Prison walls and iron doors
Do not change what you are living for
[PRE CHORUS]
You do not have to win the fight
Just do not let go of what is right
[CHORUS]
Stay faithful unto the end
Even when you are losing friends
What looks like loss, I call it gain
There is a crown that outlasts the pain
The grave can close, but it will not decide
Who walks awake on the other side
Stay faithful unto the end
I was dead, now alive again
[BRIDGE]
The first death comes for everyone
The second death has no claim on you
If your hope is held in Me
Then fear has no authority
Steel and fire, chains and breath
All bow down to what conquers death
Stay faithful now
Stay faithful now
[FINAL CHORUS]
So stay faithful unto the end
This is not where your story bends
What you give up, you do not lose
You are just walking toward the truth
And when the night releases its claim
You will bear the crown given in My name
Stay faithful unto the end
I was there before
I remain. I am. Amen.
