Burden of Grace

{smooth jazzy walking

bassline, soft brushed snare,

warm Rhodes piano

chords} (mmm-mmm-mmm)

A heavy beam upon the spine

To pay a debt that wasn't thine

Every step a painful cost

To rescue what was surely lost

Oh, the weight

upon those shoulders

As the cold night

grew much colder

With a love

that broke the chain

Trading glory

for our pain

(yes he did)

{soaring trumpet counter-melody}

Silent through

the mocking crowd

With head determined, never bowed

He bore the scars and wore the thorn

So a new promise could be born

No greater love has ever been defined

Than leaving all the majesty behind

To bear the cross,

to set us free (oh,

mercy)

{gently building jazz piano solo} He paid the cost (yes he did)

For all the lost {music gradually fades,

single Rhodes chords decay} (mmm-mmm)