Can't see nothin' in front of me   Can't see nothin' coming up behind   I make my way through this darkness   I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me   Lost track of how far I've gone   How far I've gone, how high I've climbed   On my back's a sixty pound stone   On my shoulder a half mile of line       Come on up for the rising   Come on up, lay your hands in mine   Come on up for the rising   Come on up for the rising tonight       Left the house this morning   Bells ringing filled the air   I was wearin' the cross of my calling   On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here       Come on up for the rising   Come on up, lay your hands in mine   Come on up for the rising   Come on up for the rising tonight       Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li       There's spirits above and behind me   Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright   May their precious blood bind me   Lord, as I stand before your fiery light       Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li       I see you Mary in the garden   In the garden of a thousand sighs   There's holy pictures of our children   Dancin' in a sky filled with light   May I feel your arms around me   May I feel your blood mixed with mine   A dream of life comes to me   Like a catfish dancin' on the end of my line       Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life)   Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)   Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life)   Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life)   Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life)   Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight   Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)   Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life       Come on up for the rising   Come on up, lay your hands in mine   Come on up for the rising   Come on up for the rising tonight       Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li