Verse 1

You loved us from the very start
Claimed Your Bride with all Your heart
At Sinai there on holy ground
Through blood and stone we traded vows
But in our sin we broke the faith
And death became our bitter wage
Till mercy wove a scarlet thread
Through history to Bethlehem
You kept Your covenant

Chorus

The blood of the Bridegroom
Flows for our rescue
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word
Mercy that triumphs
Over our judgement
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word

Turnaround

Oh it speaks a better word

Verse 2

The crushing of Gethsemane
The bruises of iniquity
With crimson flowing from Your crown
Your hands Your feet Your side Your brow
You washed away our every debt
The stain of our unfaithfulness
You ransomed back Your wayward Bride
Our healing’s written in Your stripes
Forever in Your stripes oh

Chorus

The blood of the Bridegroom
Flows for our rescue
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word
Mercy that triumphs
Over our judgement
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word

Bridge 1

This is how You say
That I love you
The cross the cross
Oh how great the love
Of our Bridegroom
Jesus
This is how You say
That I love you
The cross the cross
Oh how great the love
Of our Bridegroom
Jesus

Tag 1

Jesus

Chorus

The blood of the Bridegroom
Flows for our rescue
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word
Mercy that triumphs
Over our judgement
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word

Bridge 2

Make us ready
For the day
When You return
And make us holy
To be the Bride
That You deserve
Make us ready
For the day
When You return
And make us holy
To be the Bride
That You deserve

Tag 2

To be the Bride
That You deserve

Bridge 3

Makes us ready
Make us holy
Jesus
Makes us ready
Make us holy
Jesus
Makes us ready
Make us holy
Jesus
Makes us ready
Make us holy
Jesus

Chorus

The blood of the Bridegroom
Flows for our rescue
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word
Mercy that triumphs
Over our judgement
The blood of the Bridegroom
Speaks a better word