A Martyr's Prayer Lyrics - Singles - Forsaken

[Lyrics: Albert Bell / Music: Forsaken] 

This is my body; this is my blood 

From these dying whispers of a dying life 

I weave the Redeemer's darkest dream, 

A wish to conceal the promise of fate 

Shall I ever escape what is deemed? 

Father, spare me from the harshness of reality 

Shall a crown of thorns be my cruel destiny? 

[Chorus] 

A pilgrimage through the dawn of creation 

A blessed sojourn for the meaning of salvation 

I gaze through the face of death 

For they shall know me - the Redeemer 

They say I hold the key of the eternal presence 

A prophet that defies the world's futile essence 

I am the offering that mankind shall forever bequeath 

A karmic fortune that cannot ever be retrieved 

The words of wisdom shall be forged 

From the bones of my weakened body 

I long to rebuke the blood spilled through 

The ages of humanity's story 

Father forgive them, 

For they do not know what they are doing 

My God why have you forsaken Me? 

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit 

[Chorus] 

A pilgrimage through the dawn of creation 

A blessed sojourn for the meaning of salvation 

I gaze through the face of death 

For they shall know me - the Redeemer