THE PASSION OF CHRIST lyrics

That night I stood there all alone While pain grew deeper inside of me My knees were on the ground, tears on my face Knowing what was waiting at the end I saw the weight of every sin I saw the fear, I saw the dark Yet even trembling deep within I whispered: Father, let your will be done They beat me down without mercy They laughed as if I was no king They placed a crown of thorns upon me And mocked the pain that they could see I felt the weight of every lash I heard the people scream I carried the wood upon my back With nowhere left to lean They spit into my face They tore into my skin And every step along that road I took with only you in mind They drove the iron through my hands They drove the iron through my feet They raised my body there in shame Before the earth and sky could see I felt the thirst, I felt abandoned (I felt abandoned) I watched the light begin to fade (I watched it fade) And in the silence of that hour I was dying there for you I felt the weight of all the wood I let my blood pour down, I took the burden of your guilt So you would never be lost I was wounded in your place I went all the way for love And before death could close my lips, know this It was for you I bore all of that pain If one day you look at the cross Don't only see the pain I knew See the love that held me there When all of me was poured out for you I could have come down from that place (I could have fled) I chose to stay (I chose to stay) And every drop, and every wound Was for you