One day in the grave and No way they could save him Still can't believe they gave in to the crowd They tortured and they nailed him Then, just for spite, impaled him He hung his head and cried: It is finished now They laid his battered corpse there on that borrowed stone-cold bed And I'm the guard they chose to make sure he stayed dead Two days in the grave and Not much was new to say when I heard a woman praying: Lord, will it be long? They all stood right beside him But now they're all in hiding They must be asking why and how did we go wrong I took my watch beside that stone they rolled to seal the tomb So I knew there was no way no one was gettin through Three days in the grave and I couldn't chase away a Feeling inside that maybe there was something wrong I guess I fell asleep then I jumped up to my feet when I felt the earth shake and heard a heavenly song An angel clothed in white with the brightest light above his head Had thrown the gates of hell just like a prison door and said Dead man rising No more crying Wise men tryin to understand Dead man walking People talking About this rising, walking, dead man Dead man rising No more crying Wead men win to understand People talking about this rising, walking, dead man About this rising, walking, dead man And how this rising, walking, dead man, is living again!