[Verse] I saw him stand before the crowd A king in chains yet unbowed The governor asked what to do Condemned the one they called true [Verse 2] They gave him thorns and scarlet robe A mocking smile a painful probe He carried wood upon his back Up to the hill the sky turned black [Chorus] Oh the irony a thief like me Watching him die to set us free He offered peace in dying breath In midst of pain and facing death [Verse 3] They cursed him spat and cast their lots While I hung here haunted by my thoughts Yet he whispered words of grace Promised me a sacred place [Bridge] Forgive them father he cried loud As sunlight broke through stormy clouds The curtain tore the earth it quaked A sacred promise he did make [Verse 4] As darkness fell the day was done And cold the stone they laid upon Hearts were heavy eyes were red In borrowed tomb he rested dead
