You heard about the crucifixion You heard about the resurrection What happened in the second day The stone is sealed the sky is gray A Sabbath hush on this somber day But in the depths a different light Where shadows dwell and souls take flight No fiery pit no endless pain But a waiting place a shadowed domain For those who yearned for those for sought A promise whispered a battle fought He walks among them he's not a ghost But radiant love a heavenly host Adam and Eve their faces bright Noah emerges from the fading night The demons cower their power undone By gentle hands a victory won No clash of steel no vengeful fire But grace descending lifting ever higher The captives rise their spirits soar To meet their King furthermore From darkness freed to endless days He leads them home along the way This silent Saturday a hidden deed A promise kept a planted seed That even in death His love prevails And breaks the chains that bind and veil The dawn will break the stone is shoved But first this victory filled with love No sword He wields no battle cry But love's own power reaching from on high The chains are broken the gates unfold A kingdom freed a story told The second day The second day The world held still a silent breath He walked through shadows close to death Not hellfire’s rage nor endless night But Sheol’s realm awaiting light Old Abraham eyes a weary plea Moses and David finally free Not villains bound but hearts forlorn Aching for a brighter morn The demons coward fear took flight Before the dawn of endless light No battle cry no clash of steel Just love that wounds and love that heals He came a shepherd not a sword Love's echo in a hollowed ward The gates unlatched the souls released In Sheol's sunrise found their peace In the second day The second day The tomb is sealed the world holds still Three days of dust on Zion's hill No angel’s song no prophet’s call Just heavy silence shrouding all Mary weeps a mother's plight Her heart a tomb in fading light Yet whispers rise a fragile seed Of hope that blooms in time of need The brothers hide their courage gone Their dreams are shattered one by one The promised king a broken form Lost in the storm beyond the norm But deep within the hallowed ground A stirring starts without a sound The earth awaits the stone will yield A new dawn rising in the field Three days of dust a world in grey But dawn will break come what may Though shadows cling and doubts may rise A flicker of hope in Mary's eyes The second day The second day