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Alabaster Box
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Jul 29, 2026 updated
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Shana Wilson Williams's 'Alabaster Box' is a worship song inspired by the biblical story of a woman who poured expensive perfume on Jesus. The lyrics express total surrender, offering everything—songs, words, dance—as a fragrant sacrifice to God. The repeated phrase 'let the fragrance arise' symbolizes worship rising to heaven. The song emphasizes giving one's all in devotion, not holding back anything from God.
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All I am is all I have
And all, all I have to give, and I give it all to You
It's my fragrant oil, it's my costly perfume
I'll take my alabaster box and I, I break it open
So let the fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
Let the fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
So take every song, every spoken word
All of my dance, all of my rhyme, and I give it all to You
It's my fragrant oil, it's my costly perfume
I'll take my alabaster box and I, I break it open
So let the fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
Let the fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
Let the fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
Let the fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
So I pour out all my worship over You
And I sing my song of worship straight to You
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And I pour out all my worship, and I pour out all my worship...
So I pour out all my worship over You, la la la la, la la la la
Let the fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
Fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
Fragrance arise, la la la la, la la la la
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It's my fragrant oil, it's my costly perfume
I'll take my alabaster box and I...