ApologetiX - People lyrics

People Lyrics James was caught by Herod, Herod captured Peter They were sharin' Herod's outbreak of attacks upon believers James would have to face the sword and Peter would escape it They were not afraid of dyin'; they both knew that they could take it Thomas preached in Babylon and India they claim Then the local folks impaled him with a lance while he was prayin' They were all about to die but they weren't thinking much about it And their story didn't have a chance but none of 'em were doubtin' Why oh why would someone die if it was just a hoax? Why then take the awful risk to tell us Jesus rose? Simple men from Galilee would not have spoken lies To get enrolled in history books as martyrs for Jesus Christ Simon died along with Jude from arrows, spears or crosses Someone gave Bartholomew a skin-removal process Some of them were stoned alive like James the son of Alphaeus And their stories are the evidence that none of them were doubters Why oh why would someone die if it was just a hoax? Why then take the awful risk to tell us Jesus rose? Simple men like you and me would not have spoken lies To get well known in all the books as martyrs for Jesus Christ A lot of guys were crucified for calling Him Messiah Philip died and Andrew did and possibly Matthias Peter's was a most unpleasant d**h for being Christian They would turn him upside down and then go through with crucifixion Paul he was beheaded probl'y Matthew did the same Well, they threw off of the temple top the other guy named James They were all about to die but they weren't thinking much about it That's a gorey bunch of evidence that none of them were doubters Why oh why would someone die if it was just a hoax? Why then take the awful risk to tell us Jesus rose? Simple men from Galilee would not have spoken lies To get enrolled in history books as martyrs for Jesus Christ