Intro
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Verse 1
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The wonder of Your cross shall be our meditation
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To gather in that shadow as the sun went down
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To weep with those who thought that You were leaving
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You were leaving, Jesus
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The humble King Who never wore an earthly crown
Verse 2
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To steal away at night when they took down Your body
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With love and tears to leave You in a borrowed grave
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To go with Mary to that place they laid You
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Where they laid You, Jesus
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And in the morning find the stone was rolled away
Chorus
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The cross, O the wonderful cross
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What glory, what victory I've found
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I'll come to the wonderful cross
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And my whole life I lay down
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And my whole life I lay down
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And my whole life I lay down
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Verse 3
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Were Heaven's praises silent in those hours of darkness
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Your Holy Spirit brooding 'round that empty throne
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Until the declaration, He is risen! You are risen, Jesus
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He is not dead, behold, He lives forevermore