Captive No More lyrics

In the land of the gadarenes, cut by the wind Lived a man in the dark where the shadows had sinned No chains could hold him, no shackles could bind With the tombs for his home and a tormented mind Day and night in the mountains, he'd scream and he'd cry Cutting his flesh as the world passed him by But across the blue water, a boat touched the sand And the demons inside knew their judge was at hand What have I to do with you, son of the most high? The voices screamed out to the stormy blue sky But with just a command, the dark legion would flee And the captive was chained to his madness no more, set free Jesus asked him his name as he fell to his knees We are legion, they cried, do not send us away, please! So he cast them all out to a herd on the hill Two thousand rushed down to the deep lake so still The herdsmen all ran to the town with the news With fear in their hearts of the power he'd use And the people came out and they gasped at the sight The wild man was clothed, in his mind, in the light What have I to do with you, son of the most high? The voices screamed out to the stormy blue sky But with just a command, the dark legion would flee And the captive was chained to his madness no more, set free He sat at the feet of the teacher of grace No longer a monster, a smile on his face He begged to go with him, to sail on the deep But Jesus said, no, there's a promise to keep Go home to your people, go tell them today How the mercy of God washed your demons away. So he walked through decapolis, telling his story Of the man from the tombs who was restored to his glory From the chains of the grave to the light of the Sun The captive was freed by the holy one