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Ain't No Grave - Gonna Hold My Body Down

By Bethel Music

3,231 views Oct 30, 2026 updated Victory (Live) album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

A trumpet, a river, and a flat refusal to stay buried drive the refrain: "Ain't no grave / Gonna hold my body down." The verses picture the last day in country-gospel strokes. When the trumpet sounds, the singer rises "right out of the ground," a "band of angels" comes down the river, and Gabriel is told not to blow his horn "until you hear from me."

Midway the tone turns personal. "Meet me, Jesus, meet me / Meet me in the middle of the air" borrows the picture of believers caught up to the Lord, and the singer also calls for "Mother and Father" to meet them down the river road. Death is treated as a crossing to be made with company on the far bank, not as an ending.

The closing lines supply the reason for the boldness: "If you walked down out of the grave / I'm walking too." Confidence rests on Christ's own rising, which is the logic of 1 Corinthians 15, where the trumpet and the taunt "O death, where is thy sting?" belong together.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down .

When I hear that trumpet sound
I'm gonna rise right out of the ground
Ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down .

Well, look way down the river
And what do you think I see
I see a band of angels
And they're coming after me .

Ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down .

Well, look down yonder, Gabriel
Put your feet on the land and sea
But Gabriel, don't you blow your trumpet
Until you hear from me .

There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
Ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down .

Well meet me, Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings don't fail me,
I will meet you anywhere .

Ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down .

Well meet me, Mother and Father,
Meet me down the river road
And Mama, you know that I'll be there
When I check in my load .

Ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down .

If you walked down out of the grave 
I'm walking too 
If you walked down out of the grave 
I'm walking too 
If you walked down out of the grave 
I'm walking too 
ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
Gonna hold my body down
There ain't no grave 
Gonna hold my body down .

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