Hope Is Alive

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Oh Oh-Oh, Oh-oh oh

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Oh Oh-Oh, Oh-Oh oh

Verse 1:

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After the silence of waiting so long

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We hear a baby's first cry

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Into our midnight a heavenly song

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Whispers that Hope is Alive
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Ohh Joy to the World on this Holy Night

Chorus 1:

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So sing with the angels that filled up the sky

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Heaven broke through and now Hope is Alive

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He is right here among us

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Our god is with us

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Tonigh-igh-ight

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Hope is Alive

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Oh Oh-Oh

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Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh-Oh


Verse 2:

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Out in the stable beneath the bright stars

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A young mother is holding her son

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With the beauty of feeling the beat of God's heart

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It tells us the we're not alone

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Or Emmanuel has come


Chorus 2:

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So sing with the angels that filled up the sky

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Heaven Broke through and now Hope is Alive

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He is right here among us

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Our God is with us

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Tonigh-igh-ight


Bridge:
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And into our leaking

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Into our breaking

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Into our longing to be made whole

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Your arms are reaching

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Your love is holding us close

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And into our suffering

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Into our weeping

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Into this need we have to be known

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Your arms are reaching

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Your love is holding us close


Chorus 3:
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So sing with the angels that filled up the sky

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Those in the shadows have seen a great light

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He is right here among

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Our God is with us

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Tonigh-igh-ight

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And Hope is Alive
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Hope is Alive
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Oh oh-oh, oh oh-oh
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Hope is Alive