(Verse 1) In a garden long ago, beneath the morning light, Two hearts reached for what was not theirs to take that night. And the ground was cursed with sorrow, thistles filled the earth, From that fall came pain and death, and every broken birth. (Verse 2) Then another garden waited, in the shadow of a tree, Where the Second Adam knelt and said, “Your will, not mine, be.” And the thorns that grew from Eden, from the sin of man’s first breath, Were woven in a crown for Him… as He walked toward death. (Chorus) Why did You wear a crown of thorns? Because of what was lost that day— When Adam fell and sin was born, And we all chose our own way. Every thorn upon Your head Was the curse that I had worn, You took it all, the shame, the dread… When You wore that crown of thorns. (Verse 3) Sweat like blood fell to the ground, where the curse had once begun, Now redemption’s seed was planted through the Father’s only Son. Every piercing, every wound, was more than flesh could bear, It was all of Eden’s failure resting on You there. (Chorus) Why did You wear a crown of thorns? Because of what was lost that day— When Adam fell and sin was born, And we all chose our own way. Every thorn upon Your head Was the curse that I had worn, You took it all, the shame, the dread… When You wore that crown of thorns. (Bridge) From the dust we came, to the dust we fell, Bound by sin, beneath its spell, But love broke through where death had reigned, And by Your wounds, we live again. (Final Chorus) Yes, You wore that crown of thorns, To undo what man had done, From the curse a hope was born Through the sacrifice of One. Now the garden blooms again, Where Your mercy has been poured— Life restored where death had been… By the Savior, Christ the Lord. (Outro) Thorns once marked the fall of man… Now they mark redemption’s plan.
