From “Jesus Now” by Frank Viola author.
Song for the Bride 1
(Sung to the tune of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen and Theresa Christina Calonge de Sa Mattos)
Sisters:
I heard there was a secret chord,
that David played and it pleased You, Lord.
The mystery of the ages hidden in You.
It goes like this: the birth, the gift,
the minor fall, the major lift.
The risen King commanding hallelujah.
CHORUS
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
Brothers:
I knew you were creation’s song.
In the garden we walked along.
My presence and My kinship offered to you.
But you took a bite from a different tree.
Another life that’s not from Me,
and from your lips it stripped My hallelujah.
SILENT CHORUS
Sisters:
Jesus, I’ve been here before.
I know this room and I’ve walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew You.
Now I’ve seen your death on the wooden arch.
Love is not a victory march.
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
CHORUS
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
Brothers:
I came to earth, I gave My life,
for you to be My eternal wife.
I tell the truth, I died to never lose you.
And now I live and move in you,
the Holy Dove is moving through,
and every breath you draw is hallelujah.
CHORUS
All:
And now we live so all can know
what’s really going on below.
Your sacrifice restoring all things to You.
Together with a heavenly throng
we’ll stand before the Lord of song
with nothing on our tongue but hallelujah.
Song for the Bride 2
(Sung to the tune of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”)
Brothers:
My bride, you have been chosen before time
Blessed with all of your glory
Blameless before My sight
Sisters
My Lord, You’re all I long for, I need You
All the dreams that I dare to dream
Really are of You
Brothers
Each day I take you in My arms
Sisters
And dance with me beyond the stars
All:
Together
Brothers:
I live in you and you in Me
Sisters:
Entwined for all eternity
All:
How You complete me
All:
My Love, I want to give you everything
True love, joy, and devotion
All that you are to me
Beholding you I always find
How truly you are
Kind of my own kind!