You Could Have Saved Yourself
One word from your majestic lips
That’s all it would have taken
In one breath, you could have flipped the script
and shown them all they were mistaken
You didn’t have to close your eyes
When you chose to pay the price
You could have saved yourself
Let the world go to hell
You could have saved yourself
You saved me
What if you’d spoken the Father’s name
and summoned twelve angelic legions
With your accusers on their knees in shame
You shook the Earth out from beneath them
That’s how the story could have gone
Instead you took our burdens on
You could have saved yourself
Let the world go to hell
You could have saved yourself
You saved me
They stripped you, they crowned you
They laughed and danced around you
They struck you, they mocked you
They spat on you and flogged you
You bore it all, you held your tongue
You said, “they know not what they’ve done”
You chose to die, love that endures
When you said, “Not my will, but yours”
You could have saved yourself
Let the world go to hell
You could have saved yourself
You saved me
© 2013 Marcus Rowe
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