Hosanna - Andrew Peterson

I am tangled up in contradiction

I am strangled by my own two hands

I am hunted by the hounds of addiction

Hosanna!

Hosanna!

I have lied to everyone who trusts me

I have tried to fall when I could stand

I have only loved the ones who loved me

Hosanna!

Hosanna!

O Hosanna!

See the long awaited king

Come to set his people free

We cry O Hosanna!

Come and tear the temple down

Raise it up on holy ground

Hosanna!

Hosanna!

I have struggled to remove this raiment

Tried to hide every shimmering strand

I contend with these ghosts and these hosts of bright angels

Hosanna!

I have cursed the man that you have made me

I have nursed the beast that bays for my blood

Oh, I have run from the one who would save me

Save me, Hosanna!

Hosanna!

O Hosanna!

See the long awaited king

Come to set his people free

We cry O Hosanna!

Won’t ya tear the temple down

Raise it up on holy ground

Hosanna!

Hosanna!

Hosanna!

Hosanna!

We cry for blood

And we take your life

Hosanna!

We cry for blood

And we take your life

It is blood

It is life that you have given

You have crushed beneath your heel the vile serpent

You have carried to the grave the black stain

You have torn apart the temple’s holy curtain

You have beaten Death at Death’s own game

Hosanna!

O Hosanna!

Oh, hail the long awaited king

Come to set his people free

We cry O Hosanna!

Won’t you tear this temple down

Raise it up on holy ground

O Hosanna!

I will lift my voice and sing:

You have come and washed me clean

Hosanna

Hosanna

Hosanna

Hosanna

O Hosanna!

Hosanna