Lyrics
Verse 1
You loved us from the very start
Claimed your bride with all your heart
At Sinai there on holy ground
Through blood and stone we traded vows
But in our sin we broke the faith
And death became our bitter wage
Till mercy wove a scarlet thread
Through history to Bethlehem
Chorus
You kept your covenant
The blood of the bridegroom flows
For our rescue
The blood of the bridegroom speaks a better word
Mercy that triumphs over our judgment
The blood of the bridegroom speaks a better word
Verse 2
The crushing of Gethsemane
The bruises of iniquity
With crimson flowing from your crown
Your hands, your feet, your side, your brow
You washed away our every debt
The stain of our unfaithfulness
You ransomed back your wayward bride
Our healing’s written in your stripes
Chorus
Forever in your stripes
The blood of the bridegroom flows
For our rescue
The blood of the bridegroom speaks a better word
Mercy that triumphs over our judgment
The blood of the bridegroom speaks a better word
Bridge
This is how you say that I love you
The cross, the cross
Oh how great the love of our bridegroom
Jesus
This is how you say that I love you
The cross, the cross
Oh how great the love of our bridegroom
Jesus
Chorus
The blood of the bridegroom flows
For our rescue
The blood of the bridegroom speaks a better word
Mercy that triumphs over our judgment
The blood of the bridegroom speaks a better word
Outro
Make us ready
For the day when you return
Make our soul clean
To be the bride that you deserve
Make us ready
For the day when you return
And make our soul clean
To be the bride that you deserve
Make us ready
For the day when you return
Make our soul clean
To be the bride that you deserve
Make us ready
For the day when you return
Make our soul clean
To be the bride that you deserve
To be the bride that you deserve
Jesus
Make us ready, make us holy
Jesus
Make us ready, make us holy
Jesus
Make us ready, make us holy
Jesus