remember what blood covers your hands
the merciful savior poured it out
so you can be forgiven in pursuit of your plans
and crucify all your doubt

he laid on the cross and screamed his last
releasing the breath god gave us
so we may conquer darkness not fully past
as he hung, a bloodless man, returning to dust

we wept and mourned over our liberator lost
while our murdered savior answered our sins
we lost our faith and misunderstood the cost

after three days of waiting i began to cry
my savior was gone and my faith was lacking
so i looked at my deliverer and said goodbye

then an angel appeared and asked, " why do you weep?"
i replied, " my savior is gone, he died"
then the angel answered, " when has my lord promised what he did not keep?"
and as a faithless man I screamed, " he's alive"

my savior went to hell
suffered for days and survived
now we must always tell
the one eternal truth...He is alive

i remember the day i wept
asking if you heard my tears
and you came to me as i slept
whispering you conquered all my fears

then a sharp breath woke me with a start
my pillow still wet with tears
a man leaned over and said weeping wasn't my part
because a path was clear

i asked what he meant
since my eyes were red
and all my strength was spent
he replied, " i know, i was dead"

i saw he was the God-man
the perfect, righteous ruler from above
sent to die for God's secret rescue plan

i am stummped at this part

All the unhappy endings
as thousands walk in dimly lit streets
all look for a way to start our mending
and we all wander searching for weeks

in this dim light
we can barely see the ground
to be honest, i have no sight
and secretly am hoping to be found

buildings, posts, streets, and people
but i am unable to see or know anything
i can only live my looking down so i'm
not consumed by this vast darkness

If i look up and peer into the darkness
panic and fear over take me
and to be honest i must confess
whatever is inside the darkness i don't want to see

while i was wandering
a person surrounded by light passed by
my heart jumped and began to sing
i wanted to follow him and i was unsure as to why

when i walked in this man's light
i see the world's mess and my hearts sin
after seeing light, darkness never satisfies again
and without a choice you resolve to fight

i was never able to again just exist
when i hide
my mind persists
there is more to life than just this

although i now more clearly see
all the pain and death because of light
i live in it because i see a future
because someone satisfied darkness's plea

heaven is breaking into darkness
giving us a hint, a clue
of what is to come
since all the sad things are becoming untrue

There is a plea in my heart
it is screamed out in song
from every part
asking and crying, " how long"

how long, 'til i see your plan?
'til from this body i'm released
and before your throne i stand
to hear my father say,
" with you i am pleased"

when you reach the bitter end
you fight to gain and inch
as you struggle against the wind
and pray not to flinch

we think we’ll win
we think we’ve never lost
and but we never saw out sin
or understood its’ cost

i never had a chance
since i was bound for hell
and could only see heaven in a glance
i was predetermined to fail

we fight and still drift toward our death
until a man talked about a gift
from a man who committed the ultimate theft

hell had it’s hands wrapped on humanities ship
guiding us all into its’ depths
while quietly whispering past sin, guilt, and shit

hell hands had to be satisfied
a man, a god, filled hells hands
so we may be justified
and fulfill his secret rescue plan.

it is raining in the street
everyone runs to avoid getting wet
but i walk slowly to wash the darkness off my feet
the rain does nothing because the darkness is set

i scrub with rain
until my skin grows raw
it does nothing
since my flesh is stained

i am disfigured by efforts to clean myself
pained to see what i have become
i lay in the street in a pity puddle for self
i break, screaming, " o come, o come"

before long the depths of hell will open
but i hope to be saved
made clean and unbroken
someone come conquer the depths of my grave
o come, Emanuel, o come again

still in my pity
heaven breaks open
for the first time light shown on this city
and my eyes are finally awakened
the heavenly light burns more than any flame
as it washes my darkness away
now hell no longer has a claim
nothing to give or take or anything to say

a god man came down with the light
and walked in the street with us
he told me not to worry,since my body will return to dust
to use my new sight and find what i trust

i asked him why i had never seen before
he said the light was always around me
but my eyes aren't darkened anymore
only with broken eyes can you see

the man said it was time to go
he had somewhere greater to be
then he said, with a radiant glow
i am preparing a home for you and me