Lyrics
Intro
Come Forth
Dead man open your eyes
The Lord ain’t finished with you
Wake up You sleeper
Watch what he can do
Dead man open your eyes
Jesus is calling for you
Verse 1
In the dark and all alone
Growin comfortable
Are you too
Scared to move
And walk out of this tomb
Verse 2
Buried underneath
The lies that you believed
Safe and sound
Stuck in the ground
Too lost to be found
Pre-Chorus
You're just asleep
And it’s time to leave
Chorus
Come on and rise up
Take a breath, you’re alive now
Can’t you hear the voice of Jesus calling us
Out from the grave like Lazarus
You’re brand new
The power of death couldn’t hold you
Can’t you hear the voice of Jesus calling us
Out from the grave like Lazarus
Verse 3
When He said your name
The thing that filled your veins
Was more than blood
It’s the kind of love
That washes sin away
Verse 4
Now the door is open wide
The stones been rolled aside
The old is gone
The Light has come
So…
Bridge
He’s calling us to walk out of the dark
He’s giving us new resurrected hearts
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Rise Up (Lazarus) uses the raising of Lazarus as an image of spiritual awakening and new life in Christ. Tombs, darkness, grave clothes, and the moved stone give the song a clear biblical setting, while the call to rise turns that setting into a declaration of renewal. The lyrics describe fear, false beliefs, and sin as forms of burial from which the voice of Jesus calls people into life.
The chorus centers on resurrection power rather than human resolve. Death cannot hold the person Christ makes new, and the open grave becomes a picture of release from an old identity. Its closing lines widen the image from Lazarus to a community called out of darkness with renewed hearts. The language also recalls the New Testament summons for the sleeper to awake. Together, those images present salvation as Christ giving life, light, and freedom where confinement once seemed final.
Related Scripture
- John 11:43-44 Jesus calls Lazarus from the tomb and commands that he be unbound.
- Ephesians 5:14 The call for the sleeper to awake closely matches the song opening.