There was a weight he had to bear

A burden beyond compare 

The predetermined path to death

With every ounce of desperate breath

 

The cross upon his shoulders lay 

Knowing there’s no other way

To go the course complete the will

Of him whose wrath he could fulfill.

 

He’ll never walk that road again 

No criminals walk of death sustain

No piercing pain of timber weight

Or jeering crowds of fearful hate

 

I am convinced and now confess

That on that road of loneliness

The cross upon his shoulder then

Was not the burden carried for men

 

The Father’s judgment, sins reward

No passing cup, no golden chord

My guilt my shame my sin my death

Jesus carried till his final breath.