[Verse 1]
Well, I am tangled up in contradiction
I am strangled by my own two hands
I am hunted by the hounds of addiction
Hosanna

[Verse 2]
And I have lied to everyone who trusts me
And I have tried to fall when I could stand
And I have only loved the ones who love me
Hosanna, Hosanna

[Chorus]
O Hosanna!
See the long-awaited King
Come to set His people free
We cry O Hosanna!
Won't You tear the temple down?
Raise it up on holy ground
Hosanna, Hosanna

[Verse 3]
I have lied to everyone who trusts me
I've tried to hide every shimmering strand
As I contend with these ghosts and these hosts of bright angels
Hosanna!
[Verse 4]
And I have cursed the man that You have made me
Oh, I have nursed the beast that bays for my blood
And I have run from the One who would save me
Save me, Hosanna, Hosanna

[Chorus]
O Hosanna!
See the long-awaited King
Come to set His people free
We cry O Hosanna!
Won't you tear the temple down?
Raise it up on holy ground
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna, Hosanna

[Bridge]
We cry for blood
And we take Your life, Hosanna
We cry for blood
And we take Your life
It is blood
It is life that You have given

[Verse 5]
You have crushed beneath Your heel the vile serpent
You have carried to the grave the black stain
You have torn apart the temple's holy curtain
You have beaten Death at Death's own game
Hosanna
[Chorus]
O Hosanna!
Oh, hail the long-awaited King
Come to set His people free
We cry O Hosanna!
Won't you tear this temple down?
Raise it up on holy ground
And O Hosanna!
I will lift my voice and sing
You've come and washed me clean
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna, Hosanna
O Hosanna!
Hosanna