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    Behind The Song: Austin French Shares The Story Behind His Song “Wake Up Sleeper”

    By Abby Young | Christian News | 0 comment | 22 September, 2020 | 0

    This week’s featured song story comes to us from Austin French. We’re excited to share with you the story behind his song “Wake Up Sleeper.”

    “I wrote it about one of my favorite stories of scripture found in Luke where Jesus walks up to a funeral and interrupts it. This little boy has been dead and they’re carrying him out to be buried. Instead of walking away from the funeral in an uncomfortable moment Jesus walks right into the crowd, put His hand on the casket of this little boy who’d been long gone and says get up. That’s the gospel. Jesus speaks into our life no matter if you’ve heard his voice before or not. We all have to respond to that call at sometime in our life and that’s what this song is about. – Austin French

    Click on the video below to hear Austin share the story. Scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.

    From the Wake Up Sleeper EP.

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    “Wake Up Sleeper” Lyrics

    Thank God for the daylight
    I spent a long time in the dark
    Felt good saying goodbye
    Waking up to a brand new heart
    And if you’re sleeping like I used to be
    In a grave that holds you tight
    There’s a Savior calling
    Promising a brand new life
    He’s saying

    Wake up sleeper
    Open your eyes
    Oh sinner, arise
    Leave your past at the door
    Wake up sleeper
    Come to the light
    Christ is alive
    Death don’t live here anymore
    Death don’t live here anymore

    I bet you like that freedom
    I bet you like your new name
    Oh welcome to the kingdom
    Yeah we all feel that way
    So if you meet somebody sleeping like the way you used to be
    Tell em bout the Savior
    And a little thing called “free”
    Go ahead and say

    Wake up sleeper
    Open your eyes
    Oh sinner, arise
    Leave your past at the door
    Wake up sleeper
    Come to the light
    Christ is alive
    Death don’t live here anymore

    Rise up and come out of that grave
    Rise up in that amazing grace
    Oh sleeper won’t you come awake
    Come awake

    Rise up and come out of that grave
    Rise up in that amazing grace
    Oh sleeper won’t you come awake
    Come awake

    Wake up sleeper
    Open your eyes
    Oh sinner, arise
    Leave your past at the door
    Wake up sleeper
    Come to the light
    Christ is alive
    Death don’t live here anymore

    Rise up and come out of that grave
    Rise up in that amazing grace
    Oh sleeper won’t you come awake
    Come awake

    Rise up and come out of that grave
    Rise up in that amazing grace
    Oh sleeper won’t you come awake
    Come awake

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