I was guilty with nothing to say And they were coming to take me away When a voice from Heaven was heard that said "Let him go and take Me instead" Oh I should have been crucified And I should have suffered and died I should have hung on the cross in disgrace But Jesus, God's Son, took my place That crowns of thorns, the spear in His side And the pain, it should have been mine Those rusty nails were meant for me Yet Christ took them and let me go free