Verse 1
A soldier looks upon the cross (Matt. 27:42)
And sees a humble man
Praying for the one who drove
The nail into His hand (Luke 23:33-34)
The soldier looks away
Verse 2
Mary looks upon the cross (Matt. 27:55-56, Mark 15:40, John 19:25-26)
And cannot understand
If what the angel said was true (Luke 1:31-35, Matt. 1:20-21)
Is this what God had planned?
Then Mary looks away
Chorus
Look upon two sinless hands
That bear familiar scars
Our wickedness is placed on Him (Isa. 53:5-6, Isa. 53:12)
His righteousness is ours (Rom. 3:22, II Cor. 5:21, Rom. 5:19, I Cor. 1:30)
See the power and the pain
The mercy on display
Fix your eyes upon the cross
And never look away
Verse 3
So when we look upon the cross
How can we bear to view
The One through Whom the worlds were formed (John 1:3, Col. 1:16, Heb. 1:2, John 1:10)
Was suffering for us, too (Heb. 2:9, Isa. 53:4)
How could we look away?
How could we look away?
Repeat chorus
Bridge
It’s not about the wood or nails
That crumbled and decayed
It’s all about the One who died
Upon the cross that day
Repeat chorus
Tag
Fix your eyes upon the cross
And never look away
Never, no never look away