His Heart Beats

Shane & Shane's “His Heart Beats” is a song about the moment of the resurrection, told as if the listener were in the tomb. It begins as his heart beats and his blood begins to flow, waking up what was dead a moment ago. Everything is changed, because the blood that brought peace with God is racing through his veins.

The next verse describes his lungs expanding, so that the heavy air of death turns to breath again, and the Word breathes out in flesh once more. The Lamb of God slain for us is a lion ready to roar. The chorus calls on the congregation to crown him Lord of life, love and all. Another verse says that he took one breath and put death to death, and asks where the sting of the grave is. It names him the firstborn from the dead, glorified and clothed in immortality, rising to reclaim the bride he won. Quoting Paul, the lyrics state that the last enemy to be destroyed is death and he must reign until no enemy is left. The song ends with the declaration that he will never die again, that death has no dominion over him and that the singer's heart beats with the rhythm of the saints who wait for the seeds the King has sown to burst from their graves. It fits Easter services and funerals.

Death's sting is addressed in 1 Corinthians 15:55. The last enemy is named in 1 Corinthians 15:26, and death losing dominion is Romans 6:9.