Wayne Watson - The Sacrifice lyrics

In the land of God's first heartache When our line of sin began And the eyes of man were opened To the evil there at hand The creator heard the footsteps But He did not see the man And God called out for an answer But He turned away and ran An attempt in desperation To be hid from holly eyes Was to fashion out a garment That could hide him in disguise But the Father bled compa**ion And with a fast forgiving hand Took the life of one yet blameless And made a covering for the man Offer up the sacrifice Creation set forth the call One Holy sacrifice One life to pay for the fall Offer up the sacrifice The innocent one must be slain Someone to pay the price And bring man back to God again On a hill outside Jerusalem Where the sin had took its toll Hung the life of one as blameless As the garden beast of old And He bled with God's compa**ion For the evil man had done And the heart that cried forgiven Was the heart of God's own son The broken heart of God's own son Offer up the sacrifice Creation set forth the call One Holy sacrifice One life to pay for the fall Offer up the sacrifice The innocent one must be slain Someone to pay the price And bring man back to God again Offer up the sacrifice Creation set forth the call One Holy sacrifice One life to pay for the fall Offer up the sacrifice The innocent one must be slain Someone to pay the price And bring man back to God again