Even though I'll probably only be lip-syncing the song (in an upcoming talent-show), I still want to learn the words (so I'll match-up as accurately as possible); and "writing this post" will cement the lyrics in my mind.
'When' (below-hyperlinked to Casting Crowns' offers on Amazon) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...Both: When the God-man passes by
The blind will see and the dead will rise
Redeemed will dance and broken wings take flight
When the God-man passes byMale: I was a hollow man
My treachery despised and rightly so
And even though my chains were gone
I'm still a slave and reaping what I've sown
Call it desperation, I just had to see His face
So like a child, I climbed a sycamore tree
When the God-man called my name
I knew I'd never be the sameBoth: 'Cause When the God-man passes by
The blind will see and the dead will rise
Redeemed will dance and broken wings take flight
When the God-man passes byFemale: I was a runaway, a gypsy chasing shadows in the night
A prisoner of secrets till religion dragged my shame into the light
All my darkness was revealed, just When I thought my fate was sealed
My accusers dropped their stones and walked away
'Cause When the God-man cleansed my name
I knew I'd never be the sameBoth: 'Cause When the God-man passes by
The blind will see and the dead will rise
Redeemed will dance and broken wings take flight
When the God-man passes byYou can come just as you are
Let Him have your broken heart
You have never run too far
There is freedom in His scarsYou can come just as you are
Let Him have your broken heart
You have never run too far
There is freedom in His scars'Cause When the God-man passes by
The blind will see and the dead will rise
Redeemed will dance and broken wings take flight
When the God-man passes byFor non-commercial use only.
The word “|When|” is built on the same Foundation as words that mean Cheese ("a Big Thing"); |Cue ("Stage Direction"); Either; How; Neither; Neuter; Quality; |Quandary; |Quantity; |Quasar; |Quasi; |Quasi-; Query; Quip; |Quorum; Quote; |Quotient; |Ubiquity; What; |Whence; Where; Whether; Which; |Whither; Who; Whoever; Whom; Whose; Why.
Interesting (and revealing) that the lyrics are not 'When the God-Man Comes to Stay"—maybe 'leaving us' was the only way He could "take our sins away," carrying them through The Grave (Hell) then up into The Heavens (either to destroy The Sins there or -after He destroyed The Sins in Hell).
So; if we believe He takes our sins away, does that mean His return means He brings our sins back? (This is where it's important to remember that He Washes Our Sins Away (or that We Wash Our Sins Away in His Name, just as He told people He healed to wash themselves in the river)—that the dirt of Sin flows back into the Earth and we continue above it in righteousness)
So; if we believe He takes our sins away, does that mean His return means He brings our sins back? (This is where it's important to remember that He Washes Our Sins Away (or that We Wash Our Sins Away in His Name, just as He told people He healed to wash themselves in the river)—that the dirt of Sin flows back into the Earth and we continue above it in righteousness)
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