GRAMMY award winner Chris Tomlin released his new Christmas album, Emmanuel: Christmas Songs of Worship.
Off the 12-song project produced by Ed Cash which is now available in stores and digitally is the song titled I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day.
“I have always been inspired by ‘Christmas classics.’ Songs like “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “O Holy Night” that have been passed down for generations. These were all songs that were not written to be Christmas classics but as worship songs for the church,” shared Chris. “When it came time to do this album, I wanted to capture songs that remind us of the true meaning of Christmas. Emmanuel, God with us. If there was ever a time that we needed to be reminded that God is with us, it is now and that is the spirit behind this third Christmas record. My prayer is that God uses these songs to touch lives for generations and reminds us that He is close to us.”
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LYRICS:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play
And wild and sweet
Their words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men
And thought how, as the day had come
The steeples of all Christendom
Had rolled along
I heard them ringing
I heard them ringing
All across the earth
I heard them ringing
The bells remember
They ring forever
Unto us a child is born our savior
Our savior
But in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor does He sleep
The Wrong shall fail
The Right prevail
With peace on earth, good-will to men
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men
