Ezekiel: “Dry Bones” by Caroline Cobb

This is a repost of a song we originally posted in April 4, 2011.

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From Ezekiel’s vision in Ezekiel 37:1-14; 36:26,27

Words and music by Caroline Cobb.

“This song is meant as a companion piece to the song “Wake Up” from 1 Corinthians.  In the vision, God takes Ezekiel to a valley full of dry, bleached bones. They are dead, dead, dead and then God brings them new muscle, sinews, flesh, and then finally the breath of life. This is a recreation. Bringing something long dead back to full life. Although this passage originally refers to God restoring Israel, a “dead” nation, it also prefigures Jesus’ resurrection and God’s power to recreate us when we are dead in sin and dead to God (Romans 8:10-11).” – Caroline

Lyrics:

Dry bones
Hearts of stone
Slain and left
In the valley of death

Been dead so long
All the flesh is gone
A mass grave
No one can raise

But you said “live”
And the ground starts to give
And the bones start to rattle
And the darkness lifts

You gave them blood and bone and
Hearts of stone to flesh
You gave them muscle, skin, and
Life within the breath

Open graves
Bodies raised
The living breath
Reversing death 

Caroline Cobb recently finished crazy goal to write and record a song for every book of the Bible before 11/11/11 and hopes to make an album of 10-12 of these songs in 2013. Caroline has released two albums (Far Beyond Me in 2005 and Sing in 2009) and both are available on iTunes, Amazon, and other online stores. To learn more about Caroline, go to carolinecobb.com or follow her on Twitter at @CaroCobbMusic.