Words and Music by Ron Ecker
Crucifixion (detail) (1525)
Matthias Grunewald
The morning was still
On that awful hill
Where Christ bled with nails through His hands
Then there came a quake
All earth seemed to shake
And night seemed to cover all on the land
Darkness fell at noon
Night with no stars or moon
As Christ's blood was shed on Calvary
But on a cross of wood
Our sins would die for good
Darkness fell at noon
But on that tree
From the dark our Lord
Forever set us free
In darkest of gloom
That night at the tomb
The body of our Lord was sealed away
But He rose from the dead
His blood had been shed
To lead us to God's eternal day
Noli Me Tangere
Correggio (c. 1525)
Darkness fell at noon
Night with no stars or moon
As Christ's blood was shed on Calvary
But on a cross of wood
Our sins would die for good
Darkness fell at noon
But on that tree
From the dark our Lord
Forever set us free
Darkness fell at noon
On Calvary
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