Lamb Of God

Eighty-odd words of lyric carry Meredith Andrews' "Lamb of God," and the language is compact. "You came from heaven's throne, acquainted with our sorrow" borrows from Isaiah 53:3, and the next lines state the exchange: "to trade the debt we owe, Your suffering for our freedom."

The center of the song is substitution. "The Lamb of God in my place, Your blood poured out, my sin erased," she sings, and "it was my death You died, I am raised to life." The title comes from John 1:29, and the idea of one taking another's place is the sense of 2 Corinthians 5:21.

After the chorus ("Hallelujah, the Lamb of God") the second verse turns tender: "my name upon Your heart, my shame upon Your shoulders, the power of sin undone, the cross for my salvation." It ends on a repeated line, "there is no greater love," followed by "the Savior lifted up," a phrase tied to John 15:13, where laying down a life is the greatest love.