FORSAKING GLORY YOU BECAME A MAN
TO SACRIFICE WAS WHY YOUR LIFE BEGAN
O, RANSOME,YET - HOW YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR ME
ON A CROSS ENDURING SOLITARY AGONY
ALL THE SORROW HEAPED UPON YOU
FOR THE WORLD TO SEE
DEAR RANSOME, HOW YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR ME
TO FINALLY SEE THAT IMAGE INDICTS ME
FOR NEVER HAS A LOVE SHOWN SO BRIGHTLY
TO REALIZE YOU TOOK MY PLACE
AND DIED UPON THAT TREE
O, RANSOME WHAT YOU DID FOR ME
I WATCHED THE BEATINGS AS YOUR BACK WAS TORN
AND I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE MADE THAT CROWN OF THORNS
DEAR RANSOME, YET - HOW YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR ME
AND IF IT’S REALLY TRUE A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS
THEN I ALWAYS WANT TO SEE THIS PAINFUL PORTRAITURE
OF MY RANSOME - AND HOW YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR ME
MAY IT BE THERE TO REMIND ME
OF THE ONE WHO SUFFRERED FOR ME
SWEET RANSOME’S NEVER-ENDING LOVE FOR ME
