In the garden, under branches
Heavy with the weight of night
The One who taught us how to pray
Was trembling out of sight
He could have reached for throne and thunder
Called the armies, called the flame
But when every breath grew harder
He held on to one Name
Not a word that stopped the sorrow
Not a charm to make it cease
It was closeness in the anguish
It was trust without release
Abba is His chosen name
The name He carried through the sorrow and the pain
Abba is His chosen name
Not a shelter from the darkness
But a bond the dark cannot unmake
He has names that shake the heavens
He has names the angels praise
But the word He placed upon our lips
Was the word He chose that day
Abba is His chosen name
He did not call the night an error
He did not say the cup was small
He did not hide behind the promise
That no faithful heart can fall
He said, Everything is possible
Then let the silence have its say
Not the road that I would choose
But Yours will be the way
Abba did not mean no bleeding
Abba did not mean no fear
It meant even in surrender
The Father still was near
Abba is His chosen name
The name He carried through the sorrow and the pain
Abba is His chosen name
Not a shelter from the darkness
But a bond the dark cannot unmake
He has names that shake the heavens
He has names the angels praise
But the word He placed upon our lips
Was the word He chose that day
Abba is His chosen name
When every other word was gone
When sweat and dust became as one
The Son did not release the thread
He spoke the Name
And bowed His head
Not because the night was kind
Not because the cup had changed
But because beneath the terror
The relationship remained
Abba is His chosen name
The name that did not disappear beneath the weight
Abba is His chosen name
The word that crossed the garden
And would carry through the grave
He has names that fill creation
He has names no tongue can frame
But the word He gave His children
Was the word He used in pain
Abba is His chosen name
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