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He Holds the Keys
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Song ID
381979
Writers
Jon Mohr
Publishers
Birdwing Music/Birdwing Music (C/O Capitol CMG)/Capitol CMG Publishing/EMI CMG Royalties Inc/EMI/Christian Music Publ./J. M. Music, Inc./Jonathan Mark Music/Jonathan Mark Music/Lillenas Publishing - Arrangers
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He Holds the Keys
Best of Contemporary Christian
He Holds the Keys
Best of Contemporary Christian
Lyrics
Chorus 1
For He holds the keys He holds the keys
And though we've been held captive
At long last we are free
For He holds the keys
Verse 1
Death rides blacken'd clouds across the sky
The Son of Man lays down to die
With ev'ry pounding blow upon the nail
Thunder rumbles all through hell
And from death's barren womb the captives cry
Who is there to free us should He die
Verse 2
His grave becomes a door
He enters in to face the author of all sin
Defying death and the grave He takes the keys
And with them ev'ry captive frees
And from death's barren womb the captives cry
Arise for our redemption draweth nigh
Verse 3
Against the gates of hell I now resist
For the shackles that had torn my wrists
Lay before me now upon the ground
To sin I am no longer bound
For from death's barren womb
He heard my cry and loosed the chains
That bound me to a lie
Misc 1
(ENDING)
And to all the things
That have kept you away
That keep you defeated
Day after day after day
The heartache that nobody sees
That eats at your soul
Like a cruel disease
He who sets the captives free
It is He it is He
Who holds your keys