Lyrics
Verse 1
The bread Your body
The wine Your blood
Sweet communion
You set a table for us
The crucified Jesus
No greater love
Than the bread Your body
Than the wine Your blood
Chorus:
Oh, we will remember
Oh Jesus Jesus our Savior
Oh just to know You in Your suffering
Just to get is closer than we’ve ever been
Oh, we will remember
Verse 2
The holes in Your hand
The wound in Your side
Thirty nine lashes
Brought me back to life
Before resurrection
There was a grave
In hell there was a battle
And my life was saved
Chorus:
Oh, we will remember
Oh, Jesus our Savior
Oh just to know You in Your suffering
Just to get me closer than I’ve ever been
Oh, we will remember
Bridge:
This is our Savior
Look at Him, look at Him
Our Christ Redeemer
Look at Him, (would you) look at Him
Chorus:
Oh, we will remember
Oh, Jesus our Savior
Oh just to know You in Your suffering
Just to get me closer than I’ve ever been
Oh, we will remember
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Remember” centers on Christ’s body and blood as signs of communion, sacrifice, and saving love. The table imagery keeps the song focused on Jesus, while references to wounded hands, His pierced side, the grave, and resurrection trace the cost and victory of redemption. Its repeated call to remember treats worship as an act of holding the crucified and risen Savior before the congregation rather than allowing His suffering to become distant or abstract.
The lyrics closely echo the Lord’s Supper, where bread and wine proclaim Christ’s death and establish remembrance as a shared practice. They also reflect the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ wounds and the New Testament emphasis on love revealed through self-giving sacrifice. The movement from suffering to resurrection gives the song a clear Christian hope: the Savior who endured death is presented as Redeemer, and communion becomes a grateful response to His saving work.
Related Scripture
- Luke 22:19-20 Jesus gives the bread and cup and commands His disciples to remember Him.
- John 20:27 The risen Jesus directs attention to the wounds in His hands and side.
- 1 Corinthians 11:26 The Lord’s Supper proclaims Christ’s death until He comes.