[Verse 1]
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
And the bones began to rattle
Rattle, rattle, rattle
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
God said live (God said live)
This is what He said
Live (live)
Live (live)
Dry bones
Hear the word of the Lord
Live (live)
Live (live)
Dry bones
Hear the word of the Lord
Live (live)
Live (live)
Dry bones
Hear the word of the Lord
Live (live)
Live (live)
This is the sound
Of dry bones rattling
This is the praise
Make a dead man walk again
Open the grave
I'm coming out
I'm gonna live
Gonna live again
Open the grave
I'm coming out
I'm gonna live
Gonna live again
This is the sound
Of dry bones rattling
This is the sound
Of rattling
This is the sound
This is the sound
This is the sound
This is the sound
This is the sound
This is the sound
This is the sound
Of rattling, rattling
Rattle, rattle, rattle
And the bones began to rattle
Rattle, rattle, rattle
God Said Live
Song Meaning
Elevation Worship strips Ezekiel's valley of dry bones down to its central command in "God Said Live," repeating the two words that drive the whole scene rather than retelling the surrounding narrative. "This is what He said: live... dry bones, hear the word of the Lord" keeps the focus on the instruction itself, treating it as sufficient on its own to explain what happens next.
"This is the sound of dry bones rattling... make a dead man walk again" describes the process rather than skipping straight to the result, letting the mechanical, almost unsettling image of rattling bones stand before the resurrection completes. "Open the grave, I'm coming out, I'm gonna live again" shifts from describing Ezekiel's vision to first-person testimony, applying the same command personally rather than only historically.
The extended, repeated "rattle, rattle, rattle" that closes the song keeps that in-between moment — bones moving but not yet alive — stretched out rather than rushed past, treating the process of coming back to life as worth dwelling on, not just its completion.