Dead Man Rising

One day in the grave and

No way they could save Him

Still can't believe they gave in to the crowd

They tortured and they nailed Him

Then, just for spite, impaled Him

He hung His head and cried "It is finished" now

They laid His battered corpse

There on that borrowed stone-cold bed

And I'm the guard they chose

To make sure He stayed dead

Two days in the grave and

Not much was new to say when

I heard a woman praying, "Lord, will it be long?"

They all stood right beside Him

But now they're all in hiding

They must be asking why

And how did we go wrong

I took my watch beside that stone

They rolled to seal the tomb

So I knew there was no way

No one was gettin' through

Three days in the grave and

I couldn't chase away a feeling inside

That maybe there was something wrong

I guess I fell asleep then

I jumped up to my feet when

I felt the earth shake and heard a heavenly song

An angel clothed in white

With the brightest light above his head

Had thrown the gates of hell

Just like a prison door and said

Dead man rising

No more crying

Wise men tryin' to understand

(Dead man rising)

Dead man walking

People talking

About this rising, walking, dead man

Dead man rising

No more crying

Wise men tryin' to understand

(Dead man rising)

Dead man walking

People talking

About this rising, walking, dead man

Rising, walking, dead man

And how this rising, walking, dead man

Is living again

(He's living again)

He's living again

Living again