Spirit Like Lazarus: A Gospel Song - I Was Buried, Now I Rise Because He Rose

About Spirit Like Lazarus

Spirit Like Lazarus is a new gospel song and part of the Resurrection Power EP that does what none of the other EP tracks do — it puts the listener inside the tomb by Malachi Ben-David. Scripture-rooted gospel music written in the first person, where the singer doesn't just tell the resurrection stories but lives them: I was wrapped in grave clothes, I was the unnamed man, I was buried, now I rise. If you're looking for a gospel song about new life in Christ, being born again, or spiritual freedom, this is a song written for anyone who knows what it is to be dead on the inside and hear a voice call them out. Rooted in John 11, Matthew 27, Acts 9 and 20, and 2 Kings 13, Spirit Like Lazarus weaves five resurrections into one personal narrative of moving from bondage to breath — and lands on the reason it's possible at all: because He rose.

Drawn from John 11:38-44, Matthew 27:52-53, Acts 20:7-12, Acts 9:36-42, 2 Kings 13:20-21, and Romans 8:11, this gospel music release is a first-person declaration of spiritual new life — the born-again believer identifying with every soul Scripture records being called out of death. "From death to breathing, from dark to dawn's first glow — I was buried, now I rise, because He rose." It is a gospel song for salvation altar calls, baptism services, personal renewal, and any moment a believer needs to declare that the grave clothes have come off for good. Its refrain never wavers: loose him, let him go.

Lyrics for Spirit Like Lazarus

SPIRIT LIKE LAZARUS Malachi Ben-David

Verse 1 I was wrapped in grave clothes, bound hand and foot like Lazarus, Four days deep in darkness, heart cold, spirit hazardous. But a voice pierced the stone, "Come forth," and the linen fell, Now I walk in newness, every fear cast into hell. Saints rose when He died, appeared in the holy city, Eutychus fell from the window, Paul restored the committee.

Verse 2 Tabitha sewn for widows, Peter called her name, She opened her eyes — same power still flows through veins. I was the unnamed man thrown into Elisha's bones, Touched the remnant and stood — now the power is my own. Grave clothes off, napkin removed from my face, Resurrected living, walking in amazing grace.

Hook Grave clothes falling, chains dissolving slow, Voice still calling, "Loose him, let him go." From death to breathing, from dark to dawn's first glow, I was buried, now I rise, because He rose.

Behind the Song

Every other song on the Resurrection Power EP tells the resurrection stories. Spirit Like Lazarus climbs inside them. It's written entirely in the first person, and it opens not with an observation but a confession: "I was wrapped in grave clothes, bound hand and foot like Lazarus, four days deep in darkness, heart cold, spirit hazardous." As a gospel song about new life in Christ, this is the song's whole approach — the singer doesn't describe Lazarus from the outside. He is Lazarus. The tomb is a spiritual condition, and the four days are the season anyone can recognize: cold, bound, dead on the inside, past the point of hope.

"But a voice pierced the stone, 'Come forth,' and the linen fell, now I walk in newness, every fear cast into hell." John 11:38-44 becomes a salvation story. The voice that called Lazarus out of a physical grave is the same voice that calls a dead soul into life, and the phrase "walk in newness" is Romans 6:4 — raised to walk in newness of life. As gospel music, Spirit Like Lazarus makes the theological claim that conversion is a resurrection: not self-improvement, not turning over a new leaf, but a dead man hearing his name and walking out of the tomb.

The first verse then does something the personal frame allows — it gathers the other resurrections into the same testimony. "Saints rose when He died, appeared in the holy city." Matthew 27:52-53 — the tombs that opened at Calvary. "Eutychus fell from the window, Paul restored the committee." Acts 20:7-12 — the young man who fell asleep during Paul's long sermon, dropped three stories, and was raised. These aren't distant events anymore; they're evidence in the singer's own case that the God who raises the dead has always been doing it.

The second verse continues the roll call and keeps personalizing it. "Tabitha sewn for widows, Peter called her name, she opened her eyes — same power still flows through veins." Acts 9:36-42 — the disciple full of good works, raised when Peter said "Tabitha, arise." And that phrase, "same power still flows through veins," is the hinge of the whole song. Then the boldest identification of all: "I was the unnamed man thrown into Elisha's bones, touched the remnant and stood — now the power is my own." 2 Kings 13:20-21 — the corpse that revived on contact with the dead prophet's bones. The singer takes the place of the most anonymous figure in the resurrection stories, the man with no name who just happened to touch the power — because that's exactly how grace finds most people. Unnamed, unqualified, thrown into contact with resurrection life and standing up alive.

"Grave clothes off, napkin removed from my face, resurrected living, walking in amazing grace." John 11:44 again — the detail that Lazarus came out still bound, and Jesus said "Loose him, and let him go." The song lingers on the removal of the burial cloths because that's the picture of a believer being freed from everything death wrapped around them. The napkin over the face — the last thing a dead man sees — comes off, and there's light.

The hook is liberation set to melody. "Grave clothes falling, chains dissolving slow, voice still calling, 'Loose him, let him go.'" Jesus' command over Lazarus becomes His command over every bound soul. "From death to breathing, from dark to dawn's first glow, I was buried, now I rise, because He rose." That final line is the theological core of the entire Resurrection Power EP made personal — Romans 8:11, the Spirit that raised Jesus now alive in the believer. The resurrection isn't something the singer watched. It's something that happened to him. As a new gospel song and part of the Resurrection Power EP, Spirit Like Lazarus turns the whole catalog of biblical resurrections into one testimony with one conclusion: I was buried, now I rise — because He rose first.

Biblical Background

Spirit Like Lazarus is built on five biblical resurrections, unified through a first-person narrative in which the believer identifies personally with each one as a picture of spiritual new life. Its central image rests on John 11:38-44 — Lazarus, dead four days and bound hand and foot in grave clothes, called out of the tomb by Jesus' loud command "Come forth," with the closing instruction "Loose him, and let him go." The song reads this as the pattern of conversion: a dead soul called into newness of life (Romans 6:4).

The supporting accounts draw on Matthew 27:52-53 (the saints raised at Christ's death, appearing in the holy city), Acts 20:7-12 (Eutychus, fallen from the window and restored by Paul), Acts 9:36-42 (Tabitha/Dorcas, the seamstress for widows raised when Peter called her name), and 2 Kings 13:20-21 (the unnamed man revived by touching Elisha's bones) — with the singer identifying specifically with that unnamed man as the picture of grace finding the anonymous and unqualified. The hook and thematic core rest on John 11:44 (the command to loose him) and Romans 8:11 — "the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead" now dwelling in the believer — the tie that binds this song to the Resurrection Power EP. The phrase "walk in newness" echoes Romans 6:4, and "amazing grace" reflects the new-creation reality of 2 Corinthians 5:17. Every reference is listed below in KJV, in the order the song moves through it.

Scripture References

John 11:38-44 - Lazarus raised, bound in grave clothes, "Come forth," "Loose him, and let him go" (Verse 1 / Hook) Romans 6:4 - buried with Him, raised to walk in newness of life (Verse 1) Matthew 27:52-53 - the saints raised at Christ's death, appearing in the holy city (Verse 1) Acts 20:7-12 - Eutychus fallen from the window, restored to life by Paul (Verse 1) Acts 9:36-42 - Tabitha/Dorcas raised when Peter called her name (Verse 2) 2 Kings 13:20-21 - the unnamed man revived by touching Elisha's bones (Verse 2) 2 Corinthians 5:17 - if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature (Verse 2) Romans 8:11 - the Spirit that raised Jesus dwells within the believer (Hook)

Frequently Asked Questions

What genre is Spirit Like Lazarus? It is a gospel song written in the first person — scripture-rooted gospel music and part of the Resurrection Power EP, built for salvation altar calls, baptism services, and moments of personal renewal.

What is Spirit Like Lazarus about? It is a first-person declaration of spiritual new life, in which the singer identifies personally with five biblical resurrections — Lazarus, the saints at Calvary, Eutychus, Tabitha, and the unnamed man at Elisha's tomb — as one narrative of moving from spiritual death and bondage into freedom and new life through Christ.

How is Spirit Like Lazarus different from the other Resurrection Power EP songs? It's the only track written entirely in the first person. Where the other songs recount the resurrection accounts, Spirit Like Lazarus climbs inside them — "I was wrapped in grave clothes… I was the unnamed man… I was buried, now I rise." It turns the biblical catalog into a personal declaration of being born again.

What does "grave clothes falling" mean in the song? It draws on John 11:44, where Lazarus emerged still bound in his burial cloths and Jesus commanded, "Loose him, and let him go." The song uses the falling grave clothes as a picture of a believer being freed from everything spiritual death had wrapped around them — the chains dissolving, the face cloth removed, new life beginning.

Why does the singer identify with "the unnamed man" at Elisha's tomb? From 2 Kings 13:20-21 — a dead man, hastily thrown into Elisha's grave, revived the instant he touched the prophet's bones. The singer takes that anonymous figure's place because it pictures how grace reaches most people: unnamed, unqualified, brought into contact with resurrection power and standing up alive.

What scriptures is Spirit Like Lazarus based on? It draws from John 11:38-44, Matthew 27:52-53, Acts 20:7-12, Acts 9:36-42, and 2 Kings 13:20-21, with Romans 6:4 and Romans 8:11 anchoring the new-life theme, all in the King James Version (KJV).

Where can I listen to Spirit Like Lazarus? Stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, and Audiomack, and follow Malachi Ben-David on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and TikTok. Spirit Like Lazarus is also available on Facebook, Instagram, & Threads Music Library and TikTok Sound.

Available on Facebook, Instagram, & Threads Music Library and TikTok Sound