More songs by MercyMe
Description
Death here becomes not the final point, but a pitiful opponent who believed in his victory too soon. Every line is a challenge: you are not a king, but a stone that can be rolled aside.
The music sounds like a march of liberation: the heart, which trembled with fear, now beats louder and more confidently, ready to dance right on the grave of fear. The irony is that death itself ultimately turns out to be ‘dead’ - devalued, deprived of power.
The result is a hymn to fortitude and faith, where darkness is replaced by bold light, and farewells are replaced by a confident ‘you have lost.’
Lyrics and translation
Original
You said my fate was sealed. You said my days were numbered.
Case closed with no appeal.
My future six feet under. Messing with my head in ghost fashion.
My heart was holding its breath. Terrified of taking my last one.
Oh, death, you scared me to death. Whoa.
You ain't my king, though. Whoa.
Where did your sting go? Death, I will not be afraid.
In the end, you will lose. I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away. Set you straight and set me free.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
My faith don't flinch at your wrath. Devil gon' get off of my shoulder.
You thought you had the last laugh. You thought this song was over. Whoa.
You ain't my king, though. Whoa. Where did your sting go?
Death, I will not be afraid. In the end, you will lose.
I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away. Set you straight and set me free. Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through.
Oh, yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through. Oh, death, I will not be afraid. In the end, you will lose.
I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away.
Set you straight and set me free. Oh, death, you are dead to me. Oh, I will not be afraid.
In the end, you will lose. I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away.
Set you straight and set me free. Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
English translation
You said my fate was sealed. You said my days were numbered.
Case closed with no appeal.
My future six feet under. Messing with my head in ghost fashion.
My heart was holding its breath. Terrified of taking my last one.
Oh, death, you scared me to death. Whoa.
You ain't my king, though. Whoa.
Where did your sting go? Death, I will not be afraid.
In the end, you will lose. I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away. Set you straight and set me free.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
My faith don't flinch at your wrath. Devil gon' get off of my shoulder.
You thought you had the last laugh. You thought this song was over. Whoa.
You ain't my king, though. Whoa. Where did your sting go?
Death, I will not be afraid. In the end, you will lose.
I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away. Set you straight and set me free. Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through.
Oh, yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through. Oh, death, I will not be afraid. In the end, you will lose.
I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away.
Set you straight and set me free. Oh, death, you are dead to me. Oh, I will not be afraid.
In the end, you will lose. I will dance on your grave with the one who buried you.
You ain't nothing but a stone that my Savior rolled away.
Set you straight and set me free. Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you, I know I'm just passing through.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of you.
Oh, death, you are dead to me.