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Rise From The Ruins
Music by Thomas J. Allen
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The Second Awakening
Image: The final judgment unfolds as the damned are resurrected from the grave. With terror etched on their faces, the lost stand beneath the throne of the Almighty, whose radiant presence sits enthroned in glory within the gates of the New Jerusalem. Angels in white bear witness as books are opened and every deed is revealed. Among the trembling crowd are reanimated corpses, weeping sinners, and even demons forced to kneel — all awaiting the eternal verdict. This is the Second Death, the moment of ultimate truth, where mercy is no more... and judgment reigns forever.
Verse 1
The silence breaks, the cursed arise —With hollow stares and weeping eyes.
Not called by grace, but dragged by fate,
To stand condemned at Heaven's gate.
No glory shines, no hope remains —
Just chains of fire and endless flames.
Pre-Chorus
This is the end of all disguise —The damned awake, the Judge shall rise.
Chorus
The Second Awakening — the wicked stand,Called from the grave by Sovereign hand.
No more mocking, no more lies —
Just wrath that pours from burning skies.
Books are opened, truth exposed —
Every thought, every word, every oath.
Verse 2
A thousand years — the saints have reigned,Now death returns for those in chains.
No place to hide, no place to flee —
Just fire and judgment eternally.
Not one forgotten, not one denied —
Their deeds scream loud, their mouths are tied.
Bridge
The books were opened, names not found —Cast to the flame, no holy ground.
The lake of fire, the second death —
Where mercy fades with every breath.
Breakdown
"The rest of the dead... lived not again...""Until the thousand years... were finished..."
"And death and hell were cast... into the lake of fire..."
"This is the second death..."
"Whosoever was not found... was cast in..."
Chorus
The Second Awakening — to shame and fear,The cries of souls the saints won't hear.
They rise in chains, their end decreed —
The fruit of sin, the final seed.
Eternal wrath, no path to peace —
Where judgment reigns and time has ceased.
Outro
"They shall awake... to everlasting contempt...""Unto the resurrection... of damnation..."
"And these shall go away... into everlasting punishment..."
"...and the smoke of their torment... ascends forever..."
Scripture References
Daniel 12:2 (KJV):
"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Ezekiel 28:18-19 (KJV):
"Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more."
Matthew 25:46 (KJV):
"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
John 5:29 (KJV):
"And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
Acts 24:15 (KJV):
"And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust."
Revelation 14:11 (KJV):
"And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
Revelation 20:5-10 (KJV):
"But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
Revelation 20:12-15 (KJV):
"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Sources: King James Version (KJV – Holy Bible)