I killed a man who did nothing to deserve it,
Put the nails in his hands, like my fathers did before me,
Yes, I killed a man,

Crucify, let him die, don't give him mercy, (shouting with the Pharisees)
Don't set him free, we don't need his kind of teaching, (he's messing with our scheme of things)
How dare he go against tradition, he is causing too much tension,
We demand his termination, let him die.

I killed a man who did nothing to deserve it,
Put the nails in his hands, like my fathers did before me,
Yes, I killed a man, but he rose again, yeah.

Here I am, I'm your man, I can't deny it, (I'm the one you're looking for)
Given up, had enough, it's time to face it, (can't take this guilt no more)
The sins of my unrighteous walk are washed away upon the cross,
My weakness has brought quite a loss; a king is dead.

I killed a man who did nothing to deserve it,
Put the nails in his hands, like my fathers did before me,
Yes, I killed a man, but he rose again.

I killed a man, I killed a man,
I killed a man, I killed a man,
I killed a man, I killed a man.

I killed a man who did nothing to deserve it,
Put the nails in his hands, like my fathers did before me,
I killed a man as the price of my transgressions,
Put the nails in his hands for the cost of my redemption,
Yes, I killed a man, but he rose again,
Yes, I killed a man.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.