Cradled By the Priest

Verse 1 I thought You’d reach a hand to turn my chin, To drag my gasping face back from the wind. But You met me in the breakers, thick and wide, Threw Your arm around my chest and took the tide. You didn't pull me up. You didn't break my fall. You pulled me down against Your skin And let the water take it all. Chorus Hold me tight, and take me under— Past the panic, past the thunder. Death is laying out a feast, But I am cradled by the Priest. Chest to chest, beneath the blue, I breathe my last… and yield to You. Jesus, I trust in You. Verse 2 Down in the dark, the quiet is complete. Pressed to Your chest, I hear a steady beat. My lungs are empty and my fight is done— Held by the Father, drowning in the Son. My flesh can surrender, humanity bleeds, But God cannot die—He’s more than a seed. The grave took the bait, but it swallowed a fire; The tomb is a womb for the Living Desire. Bridge Stillness… Silence… No air left to fight. Held in the deep… Waiting for light. Outro THEN THE WATERS SPLIT! THE CURRENTS BREAK! You kick off the bottom for the living’s sake! Up through the surface! Shattering the night! Dragging my body right into the light! A lungful of Glory! A violent first cry! Death ate its fill— BUT GOD CANNOT DIE! AND I AM ALIVE!