I hear the cries
Like an eagles’ wail
Like destiny that cannot fail
And all the faces are looking pale
Is He really going to die?

And yes, I see His Mother
And I see His closest friend
The hammers and nails are screaming,
“We’ve brought Him to an end!”

But some things have not been counted…
There are questions wandering down
Walking the streets like vagrants
With a slow disturbing sound

With our eyes we see him hanging
Between the Earth and sky
And still we ask this question
“Is He really going to die?”

How can it be, it makes us shake
That such a One as He
Would ever die this sinners’ death
In a place like Calvary

I hear the sound of Earthquake
The clouds are pressing round
Still I can’t run far enough
To dim the sickening sound

Hammers and Nails
Hammers and Nails
Blood on the mountain side
It seems the gates of hell
Have just now opened wide

They rejoice. They think they’ve won
They think they’ve put him down
They think He’s gone forever
In the thunder’s fearful sound

The people all are leaving
They carry His mother away
The Earth will never be the same
After this bloody day.

I turn and look back one more time
My mind can’t take it on
He raised the dead, he healed the sick
I can’t believe He’s gone

I can’t believe I’ll never hear
Him speak or see His Face
Where Has His Kingdom gone?
I thought it was in this place.

Will tomorrow ever come
will we ever love again?
How could hammers and nails
Destroy One like Him?

Hammers and Nails
Hammers and Nails
The truth is coming clear
And the sound of His Voice in dying
Is piercing to my ear

He had it all together
He had it all to give
The question in me that is burning is
“Am I really going to Live?”

I pack up and go with them
As they lay his body down
I think that I will move away
To another town

Start over with my life
Go fishing once again
Crowd my mind with travel
Forgetting about Him

I think that I’ll start over
I’ll learn the reason why
Someday I’m going to understand
Why Jesus had to die

“God in man” He told us
and then he calmed the sea
as violent waves bowed their heads
to his word and his decree

Forgiveness! He came preaching
for you now and for me
If hammers and nails
was all it took
to silence God’s own Son
How can I ever speak again
Of what this man has done?

O God, if you are there
Give me a sure sign
Because I’ve come to wonder
I’ve seen you cross the line.

He said “It is finished
I say “How can this be?”
O God, help the weakness
Of a simple soul like me.

I know you hear my prayer
It’s the last one I can pray
Give me understanding
Of the meaning of this day!

Give me eyes to see, God
Give me ears to hear!
More than the sound of hammers and nails
I need you to draw near.

As they lay you in the grave
I turn and walk away
Hammers and nails resounding
What is left to say?

Will I ever return here?
Will tomorrow ever come?
Will the hammers and nails be silenced?
Has hell really won?

So maybe I’ll take a trip
Go fishing once again
Maybe I’ll never be able to speak
About forgiving sin

Maybe all was just a dream
We were only walking through
I don’t know what to think
I don’t know what to do

We’re all just standing here
Like question marks in space
We miss the sound of your voice
And God, we miss your face

So in this time of mourning
We pray we can go on
Will there ever be a new Day?
Will there ever be a Dawn?

You were so much with us
You had so much to give
How will we go on Jesus
How will we ever live?

Beyond the hammers, beyond the nails
Beyond the screams, beyond the wails
Beyond the skies sickened with pain
It almost feels like the start of rain

And tiny though the drops may be
They are shining through the darkness at me
And suddenly a light is born
Where only blackness had been worn

And through the black and thick of night
Comes A tiny shred of Heaven’s Light
I manage to glimpse it like a dream
And the light has power to stop the scream

So deep in my soul
It stirs and stays
What has it been now, just three days?

The Earth is shaking
The Dawn has come down
There are reports that You are walking around!
That You have Risen from the Grave
Are these people mad? Why do they rave?

But now I see the stone rolled away
And the graveclothes on the ground where they lay
And my eyes are barely able to see
Because of the light that is covering me!

And all I can think as I stand in this place
Is that Death has met Life in Amazing Grace
And somehow You have conquered all sin
You laid down your life.
You were more than a friend.

You have removed every doubt,
Removed every fear
I sense your presence as the Light draws near
You are answering prayers
And moving about
We all want to sing! We all want to shout!

It may take me forever
But someday I’ll see
Through the cloud and the glory
Of this Mystery!

Hammers and Nails
Hammers and Nails
Your sound has been silenced
At last it fails

And grows ever weaker in the darkened night
As its sound is shattered by His blinding Light

Now we’ll follow you Jesus
Where your steps have trod
For we have no doubt
You are the Son of God.