HE DIDN'T HAVE TO OPEN
THE EYES OF THE BLIND
TO PROVE
THAT HE WAS LORD
AND HE KNEW THEY'D
STILL DOUBT HIM
IF HE FED
FIVE THOUSAND
WITH A LUNCH
OF ONE LITTLE BOY
TO CLEANSE
EVERY LEPER
WOULDN'T SETTLE
FOREVER
THE FACT
THAT GOD HAD
COME DOWN
THERE'D BE ONLY
ONE PROOF THAT HE WAS
TELLIN' THE TRUTH
WHEN HIS BODY WAS
LAID IN THE GROUND
HE HAD TO RISE
TO SHOW HE WAS HOLY
HE HAD TO RISE
TO FINISH THE STORY
TO PARDON INIQUITY
HE HAD TO DIE
BUT TO BRING ME
THE VICTORY
HE HAD TO RISE
IF HE WERE NOT LIVIN'
I'D BE FOREVER BOUND
BY THE CHAINS OF EVIL
AND MY STRIFE
AND IF HE HAD NOT RISEN
THERE'D BE NO HOPE
FOR HEAVEN
NO CHANCE
FOR ETERNAL LIFE
BUT SINCE HE
HAS CONQUERED
DEATH'S STING FOREVER
I NOW HAVE
REASON TO SHOUT
'CAUSE FROM A DARK
LONELY TOMB
THE BRIGHTEST SUNLIGHT
BROKE THROUGH
WHEN MY SAVIOR
CAME WALKIN' OUT
HE HAD TO RISE
TO SHOW HE WAS HOLY
YES HE HAD TO RISE
OH TO FINISH
THE STORY
TO PARDON INIQUITY
HE HAD TO DIE
BUT TO BRING ME
THE VICTORY
HE HAD TO RISE
TO PARDON INIQUITY
HE HAD TO DIE
BUT TO BRING ME
THE VICTORY
HE HAD TO RISE
HE HAD TO RISE