We're all looking for direction Who to be and where to go When the answer to life's question Was carved in flesh two thousand years ago It's on His feet And on His hands Where the nails met The Son of God and Man It's on His side And on His head Where the Savior of the world Was pierced and bled For every soul, yours and mine Trapped behind sins lonely bars The answer to this life Is written in the scars It's written in the scars There is laughter in the crying There is life there in the tomb There is living in the dying There is healing, there is healing in the wound It's on His feet And on His hands Where the nails met The Son of God and Man It's on His side And on His head Where the Savior of the world Was pierced and bled For every soul, yours and mine Trapped behind sins lonely bars The answer to this life Is written in the scars It's on His feet And on His hands Where the nails met The Son of God and Man It's on His side And on His head Where the Savior of the world Was pierced and bled For every soul, yours and mine Trapped behind sins lonely bars The answer to this life This mystery of life Oh, the answer to this life It's written in the scars It's written in the scars It's written in the scars