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Ain't No Grave - Cornerstone Mennonite Choir

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Verse 1: Oh, shame is a prison as cruel as a grave Shame is a robber and he's come to take my name Love is my redeemer Lifting me up from the ground Love is the power where my freedom song is found Chorus: There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down (Repeat line x2) When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna rise up outta the ground There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down Verse 2: Fear is a liar with a smooth and velvet tongue Fear is a tyrant always telling me to run Love is a resurrection and love is a trumpet sound Love is my weapon I'm gonna take my giants down Chorus: There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down (Repeat line x2) When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna rise up outta the ground There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down Bridge: There was a battle A war between death and life And there on a tree, The Lamb of God was crucified He broke the power of hell and He holds every key He rose up as a lion now He setting all the captives free Chorus: There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down (Repeat line x2) Outro When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna rise up outta the ground There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down X2 "From Master's Chains to Freedom's Reign" In the deep South, under the harsh sun, there lived a Christian slave named Emmanual. His life, a tapestry of sorrow and pain, was marked by the heavy chains of servitude. Yet within his heart burned a flame unquenched by the despair of his condition—a flame kindled by the hope of the Resurrection. "Shame is a robber," Emmanual would whisper to himself as he toiled in the fields, his words a balm to his aching soul. "And he's come to take my name." But his faith, his rock, spoke of a Redeemer, lifting him from the depths of his plight. "Love is my redeemer," he hummed, a melody o... Full description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjBYf0cZSyE
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Ain't No Grave

Words by Molly Skaggs, Jonathan David Helser, Melissa HelserMusic by Molly Skaggs, Jonathan David Helser, Melissa HelserWritten

Oh, shame is a prison as cruel as a grave
Shame is a robber and he's come to take my name
Love is my redeemer, lifting me up from the ground
Love is the power where my freedom song is found

There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound

Story Behind the Song

This is the modern worship song "Ain't No Grave" associated with Bethel Music, not the older gospel song often linked with Brother Claude Ely. It was written by Molly Skaggs with Jonathan David Helser and Melissa Helser and became widely known through Bethel Music's 2019 album Victory. The song uses resurrection imagery, the last trumpet, and Christ's victory over death to frame freedom from shame and fear.