“Jesus Saves” (Rock / Christian Reimagining)
Spoken (low, gritty, half-spoken)
You got a minute?
Yeah… I ain’t preachin’, man
Just tellin’ you what pulled me outta the fire
I used to think I was just another character
Turns out… He was lookin’ for me the whole time...
(Verse 1)
Jesus was a drifter
Outta place New Yorker
Sleeping where the streetlights fade
Empty hands, bent guitar
Counting up His quarters
Still singing through the rain
They laughed at what He stood for
Said He talked too much truth
Said the world don’t wanna hear
But the words kept cutting
Through the smoke and noise
Like a voice you couldn’t fear.
(Slight pause)
(Chorus)
Jesus saves
Yeah, He does
From the chains, from the grave
From the blood on our hands
Jesus saves
In the dark, in the pain
When you’re barely breathing
Still calling His name
Jesus saves..
(Verse 2)
Jesus started changing
Things got uncomfortable
Truth don’t sell like lies
T-shirts, cheap religion
Everybody’s got opinions
But nobody wants the price
He missed a couple shows
‘Cause He was healing broken souls
In the alleys, not the stage
The crowd turned restless
Said, “Pick a side”
But love don’t fit in cages.
(Pre-Chorus)
They said, “Tone it down
Don’t talk ‘bout sin
Don’t say there’s blood on the door”
But grace ain’t quiet
And mercy bleeds
And He ain’t here for applause.
(Slight pause)
(Chorus)
Jesus saves
Yeah, He does
From the wreckage we became
From the night we were lost
Jesus saves
Not a slogan, not a phase
It’s a cross in the dirt
With a stone rolled away
Jesus saves..
(Heavy dual guitar solo, one minute)
(Slight pause)
(Bridge - half-time, heavy)
Dice were cast
Past caught up
Every man gotta choose
Crowns of gold
Or a crown of thorns
Tell me which one you’d lose
Last seen hanging
Between two thieves
While the world turned away
But death blinked first
When the stone rolled back
And the grave gave up His name.
(Breakdown - spoken / screamed)
I was drowning in myself
Calling freedom anything else
Then I heard Him cut through the night
Not religion…
Resurrection!
(Final Chorus)
Jesus saves
Yeah, He does
Hear Him cut through the night
On those late-night radio waves
Jesus saves
When the world turns its face
From the sinner, the junkie
The lost and ashamed
Jesus saves..
(Heavy guitar solo)
(Outro)
Still saving…
Still calling…
Still reaching down into the noise
PrescottKane
