Simeon:
(spoken)It’s him! It’s really him! O, my Lord
B
Let your servant now depart in peace
E
According to your word
B
For with my own eyes
E
I’ve seen your salvation
Gb Abm
Which You have prepared
Gb E B/Eb
Before the face of all the people
Dbm
A light for all the Gentiles
E Gb
The glory of Israel
Anna:
E Gb
Where did you find the love
B Ebm/Bb Ebm
To step down to this earth
A E
A land of sinners
B Db
Unworthy of Your birth
Simeon
Gb B Gb B Db
Precious baby why have you come
Gb B Gb Db
A deliverer so pure and so young
B Db Gb Db/F Ebm
How could you willingly agree to take our place
Abm B E Db
How did you not leave us to fend for ourselves?
Anna
Gb
What child is this
Ebm
So innocent, so small
Abm B E
Sent to this world as a ransom
Db
For mankind's fall
Simeon
Gb Gb/Ab Gb/Bb B
How could this be
Ebm Db
A second chance for me
Gb Gb/Ab Gb/Bb B
Mercy and grace
Ebm Db
Found in the lowliest place
Mary
Gb
Amazing grace
B
Found in this child's face
Gb
A saviour born
B Gb/Bb
Lying in my embrace
Abm Db
A way was made through you
Gb Bbm/F Eb
A task only you could do
Ab
Little child
Db
Why this burden so heavy?
Ab
Chosen one
Db Eb
Why a destiny so dark
Db Eb
Was there not another way?
Cm Fm
Why are you the one to pay
Main + Extras
Db Cm Bbm Fm/Ab G Cm
For your own people's sins