Lyrics

(Verse 1)
Up on that hill, in the dark of day,
The Savior hung where the shadows lay.
Nails in His hands, a crown of scorn,
He cried out loud, His heart was torn.
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” He said,
As the sky grew black and the earth turned red.
(Chorus)
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” He cried,
A lonesome plea as the Savior died.
But in that pain, a plan unseen,
Love poured out to make us clean.
Oh, Jesus bore the weight alone,
To bring us back to the Father’s throne!
(Verse 2)
The crowd stood silent, the mockers jeered,
His mother wept as the end drew near.
He drank the gall, took every sin,
Felt the Father turn from the state He was in.
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” He prayed,
Yet through that cross, our debt was paid.
(Chorus)
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” He cried,
A lonesome plea as the Savior died.
But in that pain, a plan unseen,
Love poured out to make us clean.
Oh, Jesus bore the weight alone,
To bring us back to the Father’s throne!
(Bridge)
The Son of God in agony groaned,
So we’d never face that dark alone.
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” was the cost,
A cry of victory from that cross!
(Chorus)
“Why hast Thou Forsaken Me?” He cried,
A lonesome plea as the Savior died.
But in that pain, a plan unseen,
Love poured out to make us clean.
Oh, Jesus bore the weight alone,
To bring us back to the Father’s throne!
(Outro)
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” He bore,
To open Heaven’s door forevermore.
Thank You, Lord, for that anguished plea,
Your forsaken cry set this sinner free!