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Ain't No Grave

By Russ Taff

1,898 views Jun 30, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Russ Taff's live performance of 'Ain't No Grave' is a powerful gospel song about the resurrection hope of believers. The lyrics declare that no grave can hold the body down when the trumpet sounds, referencing the biblical promise of the dead rising in Christ. Taff sings of meeting Jesus in the air and saying goodbye to earthly life, drawing on imagery from 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. The song also mentions Gabriel and a band of holy angels, reinforcing the theme of Christ's return. It offers comfort and assurance that death is not the end, but a transition to eternal life.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

Ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

There ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

When I hear the trumpet sound

Gonna get up outa the ground

Cause there ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down


Go down yonder Gabriel

Place your foot on the land and sea

But don't you blow that trumpet

Until you hear from me


Ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

There ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

When I hear the trumpet sound

Gonna get up outa the ground

Cause there ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down


I said look way over Jordan

What do you think I see

I saw a band of holy angels

And they're coming after me


I cried meet me, meet me, Jesus

Meet me in the middle of the air

I'm gonna rise to meet the Lord

And I'm gonna say goodbye down here


Ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

There ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

When I hear the trumpet sound

Gonna get up outa the ground

Cause there ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down


I cried meet me, meet me, Jesus

Meet me in the middle of the air

I'm gonna rise to meet the Lord

And I'm gonna say goodbye down here


Ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

There ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

When I hear the trumpet sound

Gonna get up outa the ground

Cause there ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down


One day they'll carry me out to the graveyard

Like my grandma

Like my grandpa

They'll lay this body down

Don't cry for me

Don't cry for me

Cause on that Resurrection morning'

We'll all get up

Out of the ground


Ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

There ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

When I hear the trumpet sound

Gonna get up outa the ground

Cause there ain't no grave

Gonna hold this body down

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