The Breath Before The Plunge

My head’s high but I'm wearing a blindfold

Forced to march to the rhythm of their cold fists that play a beat on my cheeks and my lips

Joined by the clatter of the chains on my wrist

I have the right to remain blind

And if I open my eyes and my mind I’ll get cast aside by the majority rule

But God distinguishes the wise from the fools

My head’s high but it’s starting to throb

I hate the sound of this blood-thirsty mob

Vain words are filling their sentences

They paid off the witnesses

They cuss and they spit just for emphasis

I have the right to remain silent

And anything I say or I do they’ll malign and they’ll use to accuse me in their court of law

But this is no court at all

It isn’t just

No it isn’t just

But why should I contend?

They’re not my judge

No they’re not my judge

So I am not condemned

Come mutineers

Come do your worst tonight

Feast on my tears

And feed your appetite

I have no fear

I shed it with my rights

I leave you here

I leave you standing at the sight of my remains

They scream loud as I'm led to the scaffold

My executioner shouts because he’s baffled at my peace

He knocks me till I crumble to my knees

My body’s crushed but my spirit’s at ease

I have the right to remain a coward

But I’ve been waiting for this day and this hour and I prayed that I’d stay brave and true to the end

O God, you know I’d do it again

Crawling out to the end of the ledge I’ll finally give what I pledged

I'm finally here at the edge of atonement

One step

One miraculous moment

Oh, taste it

I sense it

I already own it

I have the right to remain God

But I could never fit in his crown

I took it off and I drowned in the thought that I'm only a man

And I don’t hold the world in my hands

It isn’t right

No it isn’t right

But why do I protest?

I’ll be alright

Yes I’ll be alright when I have come to rest

They offer me a sponge

It drips with blood and sour wine

But I’ll drink my father’s cup

I’ll drink it till I drink it from the vine

Oh, how I thirst for this

I yearn for this

This taste of ecstasy

I'm finally coming home

My bed is made upon the sea

It’s in the air

I breathe it in my lungs

I'm almost there

This is the breath before the plunge

Come providence

Come take me home tonight

My hope of this has kept my burden light

Oh, sweet abyss

Wash this old world from sight

Come providence, come providence

My head’s high and I finally behold that light that my faith always foretold

Oh! Words can’t describe how it feels to feel alive

Today I'm coming clean

I'm coming home

I'm giving everything

You’re worth it all

You’re worth it all

Jesus you’re worth the offering