Four days gone. A stone on the door, his sisters on the ground, half the town crying in the garden. And he waited two days before he even set off.
When he gets there he does not preach. He stands there and cries. Then he looks at the dark and calls one name, and a dead man walks out into the afternoon with his hands still wrapped and his face still covered.
He did not call for everybody. He called for one. And one was enough to turn the whole town.
When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
The World English Bible. A modern English translation made from the Hebrew and Greek, in plain language, and in the public domain.
I was asleep
Deeper than sleep
Four days gone and the world moved on
Then somebody said my name
Say it again
Say it again
Say it again
Say it again
Stone on the door (we rolled it!)
Everybody saying don't (four days!)
His sisters on the ground
Half the town crying in the garden
And he just stood there
And he just stood there
And he didn't preach at us (not a word!)
He stood there and he cried (he cried!)
Then he looked at the dark and he called
He called me by my name!
Out of the dark, out of the deep
He called me by my name!
And my feet came back under me
Loose me and let me go
Hands still wrapped (loose him!)
Face still covered (loose him!)
Walking to a voice I couldn't see
Blinking in the afternoon
And the light came back
And the light came back
He didn't call for everybody (just one!)
He called for one (just one!)
And one was enough to turn the whole town
He called me by my name!
Out of the dark, out of the deep
He called me by my name!
And my feet came back under me
Loose me and let me go
Out of the dark
Into the road
Out of the dark
He said my name
He waited two days before he came
And I will never understand it
But he cried like he loved me
And then he called
Say my name... say my name...
Say my name... say my name...
He called me by my name!
Out of the dark, out of the deep
He called me by my name!
And my feet came back under me
(Loose him! Let him go!)
He called me by my name
He called me by my name
Loose me and let me go