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song lyrics Disciples Dirge (symphony No1) lyrics Movement 1: The scripture holds true Father forgive them For they know not what they do Among men He may have seemed the least Why didn t they hold their peace The wisdom in this Our eyes could not see Why couldn t they just let Him be We didn t understand This great and holy man The irony is The earth His Father made knows who He is Movement 2: When he died Was crucified The sun hid it s face In disgrace Withdrew it s face Refusing to shine Because the Divine died Movement 3: The irony is The earth, which is His Was made by God And it is odd That the world Made of people Sought to destroy Him As their equal But He is not For He is God Disciples Dirge A liturgy But He lives in eternity Disciplus Disciple us Father to You Pater ad Jesus Disciplus Disciple us Movement 4: The earth knew And could not keep silent The weather became violent And manifested it s grief The world knew Yet we held our peace And let this innocent man s life cease When we should have been silent We called for his death When we should have wept Barabas laughed at our gaffe Judas sent his thanks For putting Him on the planks Movement 5: What was His crime We have yet to see Because He was not guilty But the Father was appeased This is My Son in whom I m well pleased We should have treasured Him when He was here No need to fear In our hearts He is always near Disciples Dirge A liturgy But He lives in eternity Disciplus Disciple us Father to You Pater ad Jesus Disciplus Disciple us song lyrics