Crucified Man

I have placed all my hope in a crucified man

In the wounds in his side, his feet and his hands

I have traded my pride for a share in his shame

And the glory that one-day will burst from his pain

I've abandoned my trust in the wise and the proud

For this fragile, mysterious weakness of god

And i dare to believe in his scandalous claim

That his blood cleanses sin for who ever

Will call on his name

Live or die here i stand

I've placed my hope in a crucified man

I believe as they beat on his beautiful face

He turned a torturer's chair to an altar of grace

Where the worst we can do met the best that god does

Where unspeakable hate met the gaze

Of unstoppable love

At the crux of it all there he hangs

I've placed my hope in a crucified....

Man of sorrows man of grief

Will he stay beyond belief?

When the purest and best took the force of our curse

Death's victory armada juddered into reverse...

And either we bow or we stumble and fall

For the wisdom of a suffering god

Has made fools of us all

I gladly admit that i am

But i've placed my hope in a crucified ...

Man of sorrows man of grief

Will he stay beyond belief?

I have buried my life in the cold earth with him

Like a seed in the winter, i wait for the spring

From that garden of tombs eden rises again

And paradise blooms from his body

And never will end

He'll finish all he began

Creation hopes in a crucified man

When i stand at the judgement

I have no other plan

I've placed my hope in a crucified man

Like the thief nailed beside him

I have no other plan

I've placed my hope in a crucified man