Walking on the road to Jerusalem
The time had come to sacrifice again
My two small sons, they
walk beside me on the road
The reason that they came
was to watch the lamb
And they said, "Daddy, Daddy,
what will we see there?
There's so much that
we don't understand"
And so I told them of
Moses and father Abraham
Then I said, "Dear
children, watch the lamb"
There will be so many in Jerusalem today
We must be sure the
lamb doesn't run away
And I told them of Moses
and father Abraham
Then I said, "Dear
children, watch the lamb"
When we reached the city, I
knew something must be wrong
There were no joyful worshipers
there, no joyful worship songs
And I stood there with my children
in the midst of angry men
Then I heard the crowd cry
out, let's crucify Him
We tried to leave the city
but we could not get away
Forced to play in this drama,
a part I did not wish to play
Why upon this day were
men condemned to die?
Why were we standing here
I looked and said, even now they come
The first one cried for mercy,
the people gave him none
The second one was violent
and he was arrogant and loud
I still here his angry voice
screaming at the crowd
Then someone said, "There's
Jesus", I scarce believed my eyes
A man so badly beaten,
He barely looked alive
Blood poured from His body,
from the thorns upon His brow
Running down the Cross,
falling to the ground
I watched as He struggled,
I watched Him when He fell
The cross came down upon His
back, the crowd began to yell
In that moment I felt such agony,
in that moment I felt such loss
Till a Roman soldier
grabbed my arm and screamed
"You, carry His cross"
At first I tried to resist him,
then his hand reached for his sword
So I knelt and took the
Cross from the Lord
I put it on my shoulder and
we started down the street
The blood that he'd been shedding
was running down my cheek
They led us to Golgotha, they drove
nails deep in His feet and hands
Yet upon the Cross I heard Him
pray, "Father, forgive them"
Never have I seen such
love in any other eyes
"Into Thy hands I commit my
spirit", He prayed and then He died
I stood for what seemed like
years, I'd lost all sense of time
Until I felt two little
hands holding tight to mine
The children stood there
weeping, I heard the oldest say
"Father please forgive
"Daddy, daddy, what have we seen here?
There's so much that
we don't understand?"
So I took them in my arms and
we turned and faced the Cross
Then I said, "Dear
