I awoke to hear the jailer turn the key and push the door  "Get out here!" he shouted, but I stayed there on the floor  Frozen in the terror that rose and filled my brain  For I knew what they intended; I could not face the pain    Then soldier's came into the cell and they dragged me to the yard  They threw me down before a cross and brought the whip down hard  "Carry it!" they shouted as I struggled to my feet  I put my shoulder under it; dragged it to the street    I stumbled through a wall of screams as they drove me through the gate  It seemed that thousands lined the streets, their voices filled with hate  Like a wolf pack in the night that moves in for the kill  They closed the gap and followed us as we started up the hill    And it seemed I'd barely reached the top when they grabbed me from behind  They threw the cross down under me and tied the ropes that bind  The arms close to the beams as they nailed the feet and hands  And they raised the cross up in the air and dropped it in it's stand    Through a blur of pain I saw the cross there next to mine  There were people all around it so I looked to read the sign  It was nailed there up above His head so the world could see the news  That the man who seemed so helpless there was the King of all the Jews    Well, the crowd that stood around His cross made jokes about His name  They shouted, laughed and spat on Him so I joined in the game  Then I said, "Hey! if you're the King why don't You get us down from here?  The taunt just sounded hollow and it echoed in my ears    'Cause He looked at me with eyes that seemed to reach into my heart  They shone a light on all my lies and tore my life apart  There was more that lay behind His gaze than simply blood and clay  But knowing was too much for me; I had to look away    Then I chanced another look at Him as He was looking down  Where the soldiers who'd just crucified us drank there on the ground  And although He spoke them quietly, somehow His words came through  He said, "Father, please forgive them; they don't know what they do."    Then as if they'd heard Him speaking, the crowd began to roar  Whipped to frenzy by the priests who urged them on to more  But the worse the accusations, now, the plainer I could see  The guilt of the accusers -- not the One there next to me    Then the man upon the other cross began to curse and swear  But his voice was filled with venom as he hurled it through the air  When all the horror that was in him, and had laid his life to waste  Came out in every syllable he flung in Jesus' face    And Jesus only looked at him, but something rose inside of me  And in spite of all that watched us there, it couldn't be denied  Because His righteousness and innocence were shining bright and strong  I just couldn't keep my silence and that cursing still went on    I cried out, "Don't you fear the wrath of God even at the end?  You'll curse us both into the pit -- is that what you intend?  We're only getting what we're due -- we've sinned our whole lives long  But don't you talk to Him that way -- He's done nothing wrong!"      Then with all my courage, in a voice not quite my own  I asked Him, "Lord, remember me when you come into your throne."  He answered me and even then, His love was undisguised  He said, "Before the sun has set today, you'll be with Me in Paradise."    Well the shouts and curses did not stop even when the sunlight ceased  But somehow in the midst of it my soul had been released  And though the agony continued, it was still too small a price  To be allowed to hear those words, and to die beside the Christ!    Then darkness changed to dawning  And I heard the sound of voices  The air was warm around me  I stood beside a stream    And Abraham was speaking  To the multitude before him  Of the unfolding of the answer  To our prayers and hopes and dreams    Then far across the chasm,  Came a rumbling like the thunder  And the Prince of Peace came shining  From his mouth the power streamed    And the walls and towers crumbled  And the gates of hell went under  As thousands sang the victory  "We have been redeemed!"    Jesus is the Lord of all!  Jesus is the Lord of all!  Jesus is the Lord of all!  We have been redeemed!      Jesus is the Lord of all!  Jesus is the Lord of all!  Jesus is the Lord of all!  We have been redeemed!    Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy!    Jesus is the Lord of all!    Jesus is the Lord of all!  Jesus is the Lord of all!  We have been redeemed!