Can you hear the silence of the Savior –
The crowds breathing their contempt –
Not responding to their behavior,
Strong and spotless as He went?
Can you hear the hammers pounding
Iron rending His hands and feet?
Can you hear His anguished cries sounding,
Though His Father’s will to meet?
Can you hear the people’s jeering,
Hear the spit fly from the thieves?
Can you hear their mocks and sneering
At the One who bore our griefs?
Can you hear the shrieks of pride undone,
As the Maker un-dawns the day?
Hear the crushing of the only Son,
As the Father turns his face away?
If you’ve heard the sounds of sin’s great cost
Listen close to what you’ve heard.
Then hear the Savior from the cross
As the Lamb gives the final word.
Can you hear him, guilty one –
His response to all your sin?
“It is finished – it is done!”
Through his flesh now enter in.
The veil now ripped asunder,
The Father’s welcome hear.
Behold the sound and wonder
By Christ’s blood he calls you near.
