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What Did He Know
ConfusionDoubtSearching
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
A song for the road you're on.
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What Did He Know Dirt Road Gospel Music DirtRoadGospelMusic.com [Intro] What did he know What did he see [Verse 1] They dragged her into the open square the kind of crowd that smells like judgment already made stones already warm from the grip of righteous hands He didn't look up at first He just knelt down in the dust like a man who'd been waiting for exactly this moment and started writing in the dirt Nobody could hear the silence coming but it came [Pre-Chorus] Something shifted in that square the way air shifts before a storm rolls through like every man there felt a name being written that wasn't hers [Chorus] What did he know, what did he see Kneeling in the dirt with the weight of the whole world watching Writing something no one thought to read What did he know, what did he see [Verse 2] The oldest one left first didn't say a word, just turned and walked then the next man dropped his stone in the dust and the sound of it landing was quieter than you'd think One by one the crowd unwound like thread pulled slow from a spool until it was just the two of them and the words still bleeding in the ground Nobody remembers what he wrote and maybe that's the point [Pre-Chorus] Something shifted in that square the way a man shifts when he sees his own reflection where he expected to see someone else's sin [Chorus] What did he know, what did he see Kneeling in the dirt with the weight of the whole world watching Writing something no one thought to read What did he know, what did he see [Bridge] Now what if that was your field your town square, your shame laid out in the morning light What would he write in the ground at your feet Would you be holding a stone or would you be the one trembling unable to lift your eyes What would he know, what would he see Kneeling in your dust [Final Chorus] What did he know, what did he see Kneeling in the dirt with the weight of the whole world watching Writing something no one thought to read What did he know, what did he see What would he write about you What would he write about me [Outro] What did he know What did he see