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shai linne - Were You There
(from the album The Atonement)
© copyright 2008

Verse 1:
This story starts at the climax, we find that time’s lapsed- don’t mind that/
It’s kind of like a night cap filled with divine acts/
We zoom in the lens on Christ's agony on the garden/
Doomed for His friends- His tragedy for our pardon/
Foreseeing the Father’s cup of wrath has Him stifled and weak/
He’s sweating blood with His disciples asleep/
The Prince of Peace knows the beef shall increase/
Since the thief approaches with the soldiers and the chief priests/
His arrest is not just- neither is the trial/
While Jesus is being treated foul, He sees Peter’s denial/
He’s sent to Pilate, to Herod, back to Pilate/
The violence of humanity at its finest/
So now He stands before the crowd doomed to die/
An angry mob who’s yelling out “crucify”/
The way they treat the Lord of glory is debased and it’s foul/
But you miss the point if you don’t see your face in the crowd/

Hook:
Were you there when they crucified my Lord/
Were you there? Were you there/
Man, sometimes it causes me to tremble/
Yo, sometimes it causes me to tremble/

Verse 2
This story starts at the climax, we find that time’s lapsed- don’t mind that/
It’s kind of like a night cap filled with divine acts/
We zoom in the lens on Christ's agony in the garden/
Doomed for His friends- it had to be for the pardon/
And delivery from misery of kids who speak wickedly/
Sinfully, inwardly slick with the iniquity/
We see disciples sleep and mock today with a lot to say/
But we do the same thing when we don’t watch and pray/
Like Judas, we sell Christ out to get the treasure/
Whether it’s the cheddar or forbidden pleasure/
Like the chief priests, we want Christ to surrender/
But we want Him out the way when He doesn’t fit our agenda/
Like Peter, we have misplaced, fleshly confidence/
But we’ll deny the Lord when faced with deadly consequence/
Like Herod, we’re curious about Christ because He’s famous/
But we quickly get bored with Him when He doesn’t entertain us/
Like Pilate, we see Christ and find nothing wrong with Him/
But when the world chooses the wicked, we go right along with them/
Despite His kindness, we seek to do our Maker violence/
The fallenness of humanity at its finest/
So now He stands before the crowd doomed to die/
An angry mob who’s yelling out “crucify”/
The way they treat the Lord of glory is debased and it’s foul/
But you miss the point if you don’t see your face in the crowd.

Hook:

Verse 3
This story starts at the climax, we find that time’s lapsed- don’t mind that/
It’s kind of like a night cap filled with divine acts/
We zoom in the lens on Christ's agony on the garden/
Doomed for His friends- His tragedy for our pardon/
Foreseeing the Father’s cup of wrath- it has Him stifled and weak/
He’s sweating blood with His disciples asleep/
The Prince of Peace knows the beef shall increase/
Since the thief approaches with the soldiers and the chief priests/
His arrest is not just- neither is the trial/
While Jesus is being treated foul, he sees Peter’s denial/
He’s sent to Pilate, to Herod, back to Pilate/
The violence of humanity at its finest/
So now He stands before the crowd doomed to die/
An angry mob who’s yelling out “crucify”/
The way we treat the Lord of glory is debased and it’s foul/
Ashamed, I bow because I see my face in the crowd.

Hook: