They Came Alone

[Verse 1]
They came alone, some women who remembered Him
Bowed down with spices to anoint His corpse
Through darkened streets, they wept their way to honor Him
The One whose death had shattered all their hopes

[Chorus 1]
Why do you look for life among these tombs of stone?
He is not here, He's risen as He said
Remember how He spoke to you in Galilee, the Son of Man must die
And must rise up from the dead

[Verse 2]
The two walked home, a portrait of defeat and loss
Explaining to a stranger why the gloom
How Jesus seemed to be the King before His cross
Now all their hopes lay buried in His tomb

[Chorus 2]
How slow you are to see, didn't this have to be?
Don't you believe the words the prophets said?
Christ had to suffer first then enter glory
Then He unveiled their eyes in the breaking of the bread

[Verse 3]
He heard their words, but not for him that easy faith
That trades the truth for sentimental sigh
Unless he saw the nail marks in His hands himself
And touched His side he'd not believe the lie

[Chorus 3]
Then Jesus came to them, although the doors were locked
Cast away doubt and reach into My side
Trace out the wounds, the nails left in My broken hands
And understand I AM the Resurrection and the Life

[Verse 4]
Long years have passed and still we fear the face of death
It steals our loved ones leaving us undone
It mocks our dreams and calls to us with icy breath
The final terror when life's course is run

[Chorus 4]
But this I know my Lord traveled this way before
His body clothed in immortality
The sepulcher's sting is drawn, the power of sin destroyed
Death has been swallowed up in His mighty victory