Verse 1
Bm Bm C# D F#m
Lay down your weapons, lay down your violence
Bm Bm C# D F#m A
Lay down rebellion Your heart of defiance
E Bm F#m
Love will ask of you more than truces
E Bm F#m
If you're willing to lose
E Bm F#m E Bm
Blessing far outweighs the loss when you lay it all
F#m
On the Altar of Love
Verse 2
Bm Bm C# D F#m
Lay down your idols, lay down your possessions
Bm Bm C# D F#m A
Lay down your shrines and your worldly obsessions
E Bm F#m
Love will ask of you more than treasure
E Bm F#m
When you're willing to trust
E Bm F#m E Bm
Blessing far outweighs the loss when you lay it all
E Bm
You lay it all
Chorus
D F#m
On the Altar of Love, in the holiest room
A E
Where the curtain was torn by the ultimate wound
Bm F#m
Oh, the Altar of Love where the glory resides
A E
For the Father and Son and the Spirit invite
D F#m
Oh, the Altar of Love, to its form we are blind
A
But you know when it's there
E
Like the sun through shut eyes
Bm F#m
Oh, the Altar of Love, yes you come here to die
A E
But you know that it's good, 'cause you come out alive
Bm D Bm D
You come out alive, o---h
Interlude
E Bm F#m E Bm F#m E Bm F#m E Bm
Ending
E Bm F#m
Love will ask of you more than you can give
E Bm F#m
When you're willing to live
E Bm F#m E Bm
Blessing far outweighs the loss when you lay it all
E Bm E D F#m
Lay it all, lay it all, on the Altar of Love
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