"He's Alive" lyrics - GAITHER VOCAL BAND

The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down
I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound
Half in hopeless sorrow half in fear the day
Would find the soldiers crashing through to drag us all away
Then just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall
The gate began to rattle and a voice began to call
I hurried to the window and looked down to the street
Expecting swords and torches and the sound of soldiers feet

There was no one there but Mary so I went down to let her in
John stood there beside me as she told us were she'd been
She said they moved him in the night and none of us knows where
The stones been rolled away and now his body isn't there
We both ran toward the garden then John ran on ahead
We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said
But the winding sheet they wrapped him in was just an empty shell
And how or where they'd taken him was more than I could tell

Something strange had happened there but what I did not know
John believed a miracle but I just turned to go
Circumstance and speculation couldn't lift me very high
'Cause I'd seen them crucify him and then I'd watched him die
Back inside the house again all the guilt and anguish came
Everything I'd promised him just added to my shame
But at last it came to choices I denied I knew his name
Even If he was alive it wouldn't be the same

But suddenly the air was filled with a strange and sweet perfume
Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room
Jesus stood before me with his arms held open wide
And I fell down on my knees and clung to him and cried
He raised me to my feet and as I looked into his eyes
Love was shining out from him like sunlight from the sky
Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release
And every fear I'd ever had just melted into peace

He's alive, He's alive, He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heavens gates are open wide
He's alive, He's alive, He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heavens gates are open wide
He's alive, He's alive, He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heavens gates are open wide

He's alive!