Life & Breath

Intro:
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Verse:
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The beauty of beginning
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The spark of heaven’s mind
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The voice that called to order
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The orbits and the tides
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Each galaxy a wonder
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Each grain of sand was blessed
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A universe created
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By the God of life and breath   
   
Verse 2:
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But Eden fell to ashes
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Perfection stained by sin
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And all Your children needed
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A new way to begin 
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With love and mercy knowing 
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This birth would mean a death 
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You graced the world You made and  
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You took on life and breath 

Pre-Chorus:
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You walked this earth among us
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With healing in Your hands
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O who could comprehend it
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A God in form of man
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For us You poured Your strength out    
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Til there was nothing left 
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The cross and nails and thorns that 
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Would take Your life and breath 

Chorus:
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To the one true, living,  
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breathing God
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Beginning and the end 
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To the one true, living,  
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breathing God
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Be all the praise, amen

Instrumental:
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Bridge:
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Your lifeless, broken body
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Three days inside a grave 
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The God of light eternal 
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In total darkness laid
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Yet prophecies had spoken 
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Of what would happen next
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Behold the Risen Saviour
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Restored to life and breath 

Chorus: 
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To the one true, living,  
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breathing God
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Beginning and the end 
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To the one true, living,  
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breathing God
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Be all the praise, amen

Chorus: 
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To the one true, living,  
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breathing God
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Beginning and the end 
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To the one true, living,  
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breathing God
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Be all the praise, amen

Tag:
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Be all the praise, amen

Instrumental:
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Outro:
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Then when I get to heaven 
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In fullness I will see
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The wonder of the Maker
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The perfect Prince of Peace
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The holiest of all names
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There right in front of me 
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I’ll worship You in this life and the next
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The One who gives the gift of life and breath.