Bearing the Cross - John Cardon Debney

Standing by the blinds Above the city lights A junkie for your touch Dressing up for the night The winter sky is clear Passing faceless silhouettes Counting wasted years Like burnt out cigarettes Where are you now? I have to carry the cross Where are you now? You're the greatest loss Falling like a flake In a snowstorm ball Where every little shake Makes a blizzard of it all Where are you now? I have to carry the cross Where are you now? You're the greatest loss

You have made a place where love and wrath run wild The penalty and grace are finely reconciled You have made a way The broken can be whole again At the cross, Your glory bore my shame At the cross, You suffered in my place You gave everything for us At the cross Dark and sacred hill where violence purchased peace The innocent was bound to set the captives free There you made a way The lost are welcomed home again At the cross, Your glory bore my shame at the cross You suffered in my place You gave everything for us At the cross, the prince of heaven died At the cross, death became a lie You gave everything for us You gave everything for us Mercy there was great and grace was free Pardon there was multiplied to me There my burdened soul found liberty At the cross At the cross, Your glory bore my shame at the cross You suffered in my place You gave everything for us At the cross, the prince of heaven died At the cross, death became a lie You gave everything for us You gave everything for us at the cross At the cross, at the cross Where I first saw the Lamb And the burden of my heart ran away