Amaryllis

Talk about a winter

The world had never known,

Talk about a silence

That hardened up the soil;

No more life left in Eden,

But You knew the time would come...

'Cause You were growing up a family

That You would call Your own,

And through a fragile people

The Light of Life would come,

And when it seemed like we'd never see Spring,

Heaven gave a King!

Like an Amaryllis, blooming at Christmas,

When everything was cold and dark

Your love broke through and You shined

With the brilliance of summer,

Right in the middle of winter!

You came surprising the night,

Like a Christmas Amaryllis...

Here I am waiting

In a winter of my own

If it's gonna be this cold here

Why couldn't it just snow?

At least I could say through the pain

That it's somehow beautiful...

And everybody knows that the time to bloom is spring,

But You're asking me to break through the hardness of this freeze

And You say that You're with me

And I can make it through anything....

Like an Amaryllis, blooming at Christmas,

When everything is cold and dark

Your love breaks through and I shine

With the brilliance of summer,

Right in the middle of winter!

Somehow surprising the night

Like a Christmas Amaryllis...

There are the rare and beautiful treasures

That grow when it's coldest

When nobody's watching...

Sending a message to a sleeping world

That You are here with us now

And You are making all things new again...

Like an Amaryllis, blooming at Christmas,

When everything is cold and dark

Your love breaks through and You shine!

With the brilliance of summer,

Right in the middle of winter!

Ever surprising the night,

Like a Christmas Amaryllis

You're still surprising the night

Like a Christmas Amaryllis...