steadfast stephen saw his chance to open wide unveiling lies delivering his skin and bones upon the hate filled battle cries they rushed him and they stoned him but his sights were set on the open skies i m in the wake of martyrs gone before me waiting to be tried is the strength and trust i have in you enough that i would stand and die stand and die caught in cassie was a candle burning from the wick of life she had found it when she finally turned to you that graceful night when they asked her if she knew you what else could she reply i m in the wake of martyrs gone before me waiting to be tried is the strength and trust i have in you enough that i would stand and die stand and die now it s nearly twenty hundred years since you were crucified with my heart and soul and all you gave me i would give my life i m in the wake of martyrs gone before me waiting to be tried is the strength and trust i have in you enough that i would stand and die stand and die