He Rose for Us

Friday felt hard, a day like that I watched Hope drop right in plain sight
Blood on the wind, sky splitting in two And all that silence felt too true
He took the whip, he took the blame He wore my skin, he wore my shame
They sealed the grave, they thought it done But death when weak, when Sunday comes
I think about the crown, the skin, the way he stayed When I give in, no angel came to pull him down
He chose a cross, he stood his ground And I no blame, at least in part
They hit him hard, a heavy heart But he went lower than I have been
Took all that darkness and walked straight in
He took the whip, he took the blame He wore my skin, he wore my shame
They sealed the grave, they thought it done But death when weak, when Sunday comes
Don't dress it up, don't make it like This wasn't clean, this was a fight
This was blood, this was loss This was love hung on a cross
And I felt that because some nights My faith feels small, my chest feels tight
But then I think what rolled away Was more than scorn that Easter day
I've had my doubts, I've had dead weeks I pray real hard with no release
I know the taste of empty rooms Of long black eyes, of inattune
So when you rose, that hit me deep Not just the truth that churches keep
It means the grave don't get my name It means broken things ain't built to stay
It means the scars I carry now ain't final words, they don't define
Because he walked out still marked by pain And somehow turned lost in the main
He took the whip, he took the blame He wore my skin, he wore my shame
They sealed the grave, they thought it done But death when weak, when Sunday comes
He took the whip, he took the blame He wore my skin, he wore my shame
They sealed the grave, they thought it done But death when weak, when Sunday comes
So when I fall, I look right there Across the grave, the love stood there
And when I feel too far to reach I hear that stone move in my chest