Empty Tomb, Full Heart

(Clean guitar, single notes, reverb-drenched, tempo 140 BPM)

Spoken/whispered:

"For the word of God is living and active... sharper than any two-edged sword."



(Clean tone, palm-muted, building tension)

I was dead in my transgressions

Walking in the counsel of the wicked

Standing in the path of sinners

Sitting in the seat of scoffers

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked... but his delight is in the law of the Lord.

I planted myself by streams that ran dry

Chaff in the wind, burning inside

My heart was deceitful above all things

Desperately sick, and I couldn't see



(Guitars start to crunch, drums enter with toms)

And I cried out in the night

When the shadow of death covered me

I feared evil, I feared the valley



(Full distortion, double-kick drums, screaming vocals layered over clean)

YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME

IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES

YOU ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL

MY CUP OVERFLOWS!

"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me."

(Guitar break, feedback squeal)



(Half-time, heavy drop-tuned riff, spoken word over music)

I came to Jesus weary and burdened

Looking for rest for my soul

But I built my house on sand

And the rain came down

"Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock."

The winds blew, the floods rose

And the house fell with a great crash

I was a whitewashed tomb

Beautiful outside, full of dead men's bones



(Ambient guitars, distant drums, intimate vocal)

But while we were still sinners

While we were still sinners

While we were still sinners

(Pause—single snare hit)

Christ died for us.

"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."



(Guitars swell, layered, delay pedals)

For I am convinced

Neither death nor life

Neither angels nor demons

Neither the present nor the future

(Vocals begin to strain, crack with emotion)

Nor any powers, nor height nor depth

Nor anything else in all creation



(Maximum intensity, gang vocals, octave chords)

WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US

FROM THE LOVE OF GOD

THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD!

"I am convinced that neither death nor life... will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

(Musical chaos—feedback, cymbals crashing, then sudden stop)



(Single clean guitar, harmonics, whispered)

"Behold, I am making all things new."

(Faint organ/synth pad)

"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

(Guitar fades to silence)

"Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."