The second day

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