I Cannot Watch Them

And Peter remembered the words of Jesus

And he went out and wept bitterly

What have I done

Denied Him

What have I done?

So now, am no different from the men

Who take thy bread and turn again

What have I done?

What have I done?

I hear their filthy tongues

Their viscious scorn

The lies they spin with Satan's yarn

I watch them spit and strike thy face

They mock thy name in foul disgrace

And when thou lookest for a friend

Thou findest none, for I have fled

Oh God!

What have I done?

As thou hast taken stripes for me

Could I not take but one for thee?

I cannot watch them take my Lord

I can't endure their cruel hands upon Him

While His own hands are tied with cord

Those hands with power to raise the dead

Command the storm

Now bound instead and

I cannot hear them mock His name

I cannot bear their fowl breath upon Him

I dare not look upon His face

To see the very son of God

His brow so bruised and stained with blood

His eyes that shed my sorrows tears

And watch as all hope disappears

I will not watch them crucify my Lord!

For I know this man

I know Him!

I know this man!

I cannot watch what He must bear

For surely, He must carry all my burden

Forgive me Lord that I'm not there

But when my eyes are closed in death

These words will hang on my last breath

I know Him