Sidewalk Prophets - Lay Down My Life lyrics

All your pain Will be made mine All your troubles The tears you cry Give it up All that binds I will place it on my shoulders And up this hill I'll climb Father, give me strength I know there is no other way I lay down my life for you This is the moment when all will be made new I know that you don't understand But this is part of a greater plan So I lay down my life for you This is love That had to bleed To bring you mercy To set you free You are mine I am yours And I will wear your burdens Just like this crown of thorns I will take your place I know there is no other way I lay down my life for you This is the moment when all will be made new I know that you don't understand But this is part of a greater plan And I lay down my life for you Give me all your pride Give me all your fears Give me all your secrets Give me all your tears Give me all you doubt Give me all your shame Watch them wash away Watch them wash away Give me all your pride Give me all your fears Give me all your secrets Give me all your tears Give me all you doubt Give me all your shame Watch them wash away In Jesus' name I lay down my life for you This is the moment when all will be made new I know that you don't understand But this is part of a greater plan And I lay down my life for you Though I know that you don't understand These scars are part of a greater plan And I lay down my life for you Arms stretched out Upon this tree To show true love To set you free Behind the Song: "Lay Down My Life is written from the perspective of Christ, and set in the time period right before He carries the cross up the hill of Calvary to be crucified. Christ knew there was no other way, but suffered immeasurable pain, all for us. "You are mine, I am yours, and I will wear your burdens just like this crown of thorns." I have always thought of the cross as the most beautiful tragedy in the history of time. That a perfect innocent man would be so savagely destroyed for us, and yet He loved us enough to set us free from the burden of sin." - Sidewalk Prophets