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 brain
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 whoever 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 torturous chair
into 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 heads
I've placed my hope in a crucified
Man of sorrows, man of grief
Will he stand beyond belief?
When the purest and best
took the force of our curse
Death's victory a martyr 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
Man of sorrows, man of grief
Will he stand beyond belief?
I have buried my life
in the cold earth within
Like a seed in the winter,
I'll wait for the spring
From that garden of tombs,
Eden rises again
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 judgment
I have no other plan
I've placed my hope in a
crucified man
Like the thief nailed beside you,
I have no other plan
I've placed my hope in a crucified man