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Empty Grave
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Aug 15, 2026 updated
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Disciple's song "Empty Grave" is a powerful rock anthem about personal redemption and spiritual resurrection. The lyrics describe a person overwhelmed by shame, brokenness, and repeated failures, feeling spiritually dead and buried. Yet the song turns to the cross of Christ, where new life is found and the empty grave symbolizes both Jesus' victory over death and the believer's transformation. It emphasizes that through Christ's resurrection power, one can be raised from spiritual death to new life. The song is a declaration of faith, hope, and gratitude for God's saving grace.
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So reckless, left breathless, my weakness out on display
My heart was so broken, my scars had drowned out all my faith
It was hard to see my worst enemy hiding deep within myself
Needed you to save the only thing I had left
Wide awakened from the dead
A day that I could not forget
I was so empty the day that you found me
Kneeling at your cross I find
A place that I can find new life
Where you resurrect me leaving an empty grave
Been fighting, been trying, been six feet down in my shame
My promise, I broke it, my God I did it all again
Though it's hard to see my identity lies in more than my mistakes
You know what I need faith to believe again
Wide awakened from the dead
A day that I could not forget
I was so empty the day that you found me
Kneeling at your cross I find
A place that I can find new life
Where you resurrect me leaving an empty grave
Death couldn't hold you in the grave
Now by your power you can save my life
I'm alive 'cause you're alive
I'm alive 'cause you're alive
Wide awakened from the dead
A day that I could not forget
I was so empty the day that you found me
Kneeling at your cross I find
A place that I can find new life
Where you resurrect me
you resurrect me
you resurrect me leaving an empty grave