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God Of Calvary

By Passion

651 views Sep 14, 2026 updated Never Lose Sight album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Passion narrates the crucifixion almost scene by scene — "the sky went dark, the Angels wept, the Father looked away," a level of specific imagery that keeps the moment from turning into abstraction. The chorus follows immediately with the reason any of it mattered: "by His wounds I am set free, by His blood I've been redeemed."

The second verse doesn't stop at the cross; it keeps going to the tomb — "the stone was moved, He conquered death, and rose, from the grave" — refusing to let the song end on Friday. Passion's repeated vow, "I will never lose sight of Your grace," treats memory itself as an act of worship.

Isaiah predicted the wounds centuries early in Isaiah 53:5, and Paul summarizes the whole gospel — Christ died, was buried, and was raised — in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. Passion's title turns "Calvary" from a place name into a description of God himself, the God defined by what happened there.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]

On the hill of Calvary, the Light of all the world

With the world on His shoulders

The weight of all our shame, on Him who knew no sin

A Holy surrender


[Verse 2]

The sky went dark, the Angels wept

The Father looked away

The final breath, He bowed His head

The lamb of God was slain


[Chorus]

By His wounds I am set free

By His blood I've been redeemed

The great divide He crossed for me

Oh, praise the God of Calvary


[Verse 3]

On the hill of Calvary, into the Father's hands

A Holy surrender

A borrowed tomb, His mother wept

And there His body lay

The stone was moved, He conquered death

And rose, from the grave!


[Chorus]

By His wounds I am set free

By His blood I've been redeemed

The great divide He crossed for me

Oh, praise the God of Calvary!


[Chorus]

And if I never, never

Lose sight of this place

I will never, never

Lose sight of Your grace

The Cross is all, all I need to see

Oh, praise the God of Calvary


[Chorus]

And if I never, never

Lose sight of this place

I will never, never

Lose sight of Your grace

The Cross is all, all I need to see

Oh, praise the God of Calvary


[Verse 4]

By Your wounds I am set free

By Your blood I've been redeemed

The great divide You crossed for me

Oh, praise the God of Calvary

Your Cross is all, all I need to see

Oh, praise the God of Calvary

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