Too Small A Price
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I awoke to hear the jailer turn the key and push the door
"Get out here", he shouted, but I stayed there on the floor
Frozen in the terror that rose and filled my brain
For I knew what they intended, I could not face the pain
Then soldiers came into the cell and they dragged me into the yard
They threw me down before a cross and brought the whip down hard
"Carry it!", they shouted, as I struggled to my feet
I put my shoulder under it and dragged it to the street
I stumbled through a wall of screams as they drove me through the gate
It seems that thousands lined the
Street, their voices filled with hate
Like a wolf pack in the night that moves in for the kill
They closed the gap and followed us as we started up the hill
And it seemed I'd barely reached the
Top when they grabbed me from behind
They threw the cross down under me and tied the ropes that bind
The arms close to the beams as they nailed my feet and hands
And they raised the cross up in the air, dropped it in its stand
Through a blur of pain I saw the cross there next to mine
There were people all around it so I looked to read the sign
It was nailed there up above his head so the world could see the news
That the man who seemed so helpless there was the king of all the Jews
And the crowd that stood around his cross made jokes about his name
They shouted, laughed and spat on him so I joined in the game
I said: "Hey, if you're the king
Why don't you get us down from here?"
But the talk just sounded hollow, and it echoed in my ears
'Cause he looked at me with eyes that seemed to reach into my heart
They shone their light on all my lies and tore my life apart
There was more that lay behind the gaze than simply blood and clay
But knowing was too much for me, I had to look away
I chanced another look at him while he was looking down
The soldiers who just crucified us drank there on the ground
And although he spoke then quietly somehow his words came through
He said: "Father, please forgive them
For they don't know what they do"
Then as if he heard them speaking the crowd began to roar
Poked the frenzy by the priests who urged them on to more
But the worst the accusations now the plainer I could see
The guilt of the accuser, not the man there next to me
But the man upon the other cross began to curse and swear
His voice was filled with venom as he hurled it through the air
All the horror that was inside him had laid his life to waste
Came out in every syllable he flung in Jesus' face
But Jesus only looked at him, but something rose inside of me
In spite of all that watched us there it couldn't be denied
Because his righteousness and innocence were shining bright and strong
And I just couldn't keep my silence
If that cursing still went on, I'd cry
"Don't you fear the wrath of God, even at the end?
You'll curse us both into the pit, is that what you intend?
We're only getting what we do, we've sinned our whole lives long
But don't you talk to him that way, 'cause he's done nothing wrong"
Then with all my courage in a voice not quite my own
I asked him: "Lord, remember me when you come into your throne"
He answered me and even then his love was undisguised
He said: "Before the sun has set today you'll be with me in paradise"
The shouts and curses did not stop even when the sunlight ceased
Somehow in the midst of it my soul had been released
Though the agony continued it was still too small a price
To be allowed to hear those words and to die
Beside the ChristWhen darkness changed to dawning
I heard the sound of voices
The air was warm around me
I stood beside a stream
Abraham was speaking
To the multitudes before him
The unfolding of the answers
To our prayers and hopes and dreams
And far across the chasms
Came the rumbling like the thunder
And the Prince of Peace came shining
From His mouth the power streamed
And the walls and towers crumbled
And the gates of hell went under
As thousands sang the victory
We have been redeemed
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
We have been redeemed
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
We have been redeemed
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
We have been redeemed
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
We have been redeemed
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
Jesus is the Lord of all
We have been redeemed