to my pit he went for me

this day
it occurred to me
to the depths my friend went
this he did for me
down a winding treacherous staircase
with speed to certain doom
darkness bent his body
taking on the shadows
a darkness never known to any so dim

but to him the cost was counted
to die he said was gain
so he went for me
falling for my shame
to the depths he went
just to save me from a fall

oh that rugged cross
at whence he bore all my shame
that rugged cross that rugged cross
a fall made for a king