Mark Liversidge - See as they strip the robe - текст песни (слова)

The words are taken from the eleventh of fourteen sonnets forming a sequence of Stations Of The Cross.
 
 See, as they strip the robe from off his back
 And spread his arms and nail them to the cross,
 The dark nails pierce him and the sky turns black,
 And love is firmly fastened onto loss.
 But here a pure change happens. On this tree
 Loss becomes gain, death opens into birth.
 Here wounding heals and fastening makes free
 Earth breathes in heaven, heaven roots in earth.
 And here we see the length, the breadth, the height
 Where love and hatred meet and love stays true
 Where sin meets grace and darkness turns to light
 We see what love can bear and be and do,
 And here our saviour calls us to his side
 His love is free, his arms are open wide.