King David (Rise and Fall)

[Intro] [Verse 1] A shepherd knelt upon the hills of Bethlehem, Anointed King while Saul still wore the crown, While brothers stood in armor, God chose him The youngest son the Lord would not pass down. He stood before Goliath, sling in hand, One stone flew true across the valley floor, And Israel watched a shepherd-king to stand A man of heart that God was looking for. [Pre-Chorus] He danced before the Ark through Jerusalem's gate, He wrote the psalms through triumph and through grief, God carved a covenant into his name and fate A throne, a line, a promise past belief. [Chorus] Oh David, son of Jesse, rise and fall, Your life still echoes through the ages long, No man has answered higher heaven's call Yet even chosen hearts can choose the wrong. Rise, David, risebut let the warning ring, For no crown shields a soul from reckoning. [Verse 2] He stood upon his palace roof one evening late, And saw Bathsheba bathing in the fading light, He sent for her and stepped through fortune's gate And traded God's approval for one night. Her husband Uriah stood faithful at the war, While David wrote the orders to his grave, He placed him where the enemy's arrows tore And innocent blood was spilled for what he’d crave. [Pre-Chorus] Then Nathan stood and spoke a parable to the king, A rich man stole a poor man's only sheep, And David burned with rage at such a shameful thing "Thou art the man"the words cut dark and deep. [Chorus] Oh David, son of Jesse, rise and fall, Your life still echoes through the ages long, No man has answered higher heaven's call Yet even chosen hearts can choose the wrong. Rise, David, risebut let the warning ring, For no crown shields a soul from reckoning. [Bridge] The child was taken in the silence of the night, Absalom would rise to tear the kingdom wide, The house of David lost its former light The wages of a king who'd left God's side. No palace wall, no army, robe, or throne, Can shelter any soul from what it sows, And God who loved him still could not condone The blood that poisons every seed that grows. [Verse 3] He dreamed of building God a cedar house, A temple gleaming gold on Zion's hill, He gathered plans and bronze and offered vows But God would not permit him to fulfill. "Your hands have shed much blood upon this earth, This house of peace must rise through peaceful hands, Your son shall build the temple of great worth Now gather all the silver, gold, and plans." [Pre-Chorus] So David gathered treasure, bronze, and beams, He charged his son: "Be strong, O Solomon!" God's temple rose beyond all earthly dreams And through our failures, God's great work moves on. [Chorus] Oh David, son of Jesse, rise and fall, Your life still echoes through the ages long, No man has answered higher heaven's call Yet even chosen hearts can choose the wrong. Rise, David, risebut let the warning ring, For no crown shields a soul from reckoning.