So you can hear   They claim with conviction   You've got a crowd      So what's your appeal   Your voice, your predictions   They're getting loud      But if I let you die, you must forgive me      Raise me up, up through the ashes   Take me on, into the light      You want to die   Create some sensation   Be makin' the news      An eye for an eye   Mocking your creation   King of the Jews      Before I let you die, you must forgive me      Raise me up, up through the ashes   Take me on, into the light      Give a sign of remorse   (I don't need your blood)   You will hang on the cross   For playing God      You, the people, must decide   The self-proclaimed prophet, or the novice murderer   The king or the convict, it's up to you   So tell me who's free to go      Raise me up, up through the ashes   Take me on, into the light   Raise me up, up through the ashes   Take me on, into the light