Verse One:
We couldn't believe it, although we were told.
He wasn't an actor, musician or such.
He came out of nowhere and wasn't that old.
And no one expected from him all that much.
When we finally noticed him,
He didn't seem that great.
How could we have known about
His complicated fate?
We thought we knew about him:
He grew up down the road.
But when his life was finished, (finished)
It turned out he's the GOAT.
Bridge:
It was in the dark at night,
My people made their way.
And when we saw the dawning light,
We knew we couldn't stay.
The fighting and the looting then
Were like a holiday.
We shouted in excitement,
But we barely got away.
We had to hide the evidence,
We had to burn our clothes,
But we forgot we'd left him there.
We'd left him there exposed,
And he became the GOAT.
Verse Two:
He wasn't important, as far as we knew.
And so when he walked by, we all turned away.
We laughed behind his back, in front of him too.
We thought he was nothing, till that fateful day.
And when it finally happened,
He suffered all that pain.
The things that happened to him then
Were simply not humane.
He didn't try to stop it,
Just took it like a sport.
He took it all and finished, (finished)
Because he was the GOAT.
Chorus:
He stood accused of all our crime,
The greatest scapegoat of all time.
They laid it all upon his back,
And so he took up all our slack.
He took it all and paid the cost,
An endless well of pain and loss,
The greatest scapegoat of all time,
The greatest scapegoat of all time.
Verse Three:
They asked for his defense. He kept his mouth shut.
He just wouldn't answer whatever they asked.
He could have gone free if he ratted us out,
But he remained silent and finished his task.
And when they read that judgement
He didn't say a word.
He let them sentence him to death,
Although it was absurd.
He knew that we were guilty,
But he was not a turncoat.
He took the execution, (finished)
Because he was the GOAT.
Chorus:
He stood accused of all our crime,
The greatest scapegoat of all time.
They laid it all upon his back,
And so he took up all our slack.
He took it all and paid the cost,
An endless well of pain and loss.
He owned our debt and paid our price,
Our greatest scapegoat, Jesus Christ,
The one who paid for all our crime,
The greatest scapegoat of all time,
The greatest scapegoat of all time,
The greatest scapegoat of all time.
Final Chorus:
He stood accused of all our crime,
They laid it all upon his back,
The greatest scapegoat of all time.
The one who took up all our slack.
He took it all and paid the cost,
An endless well of pain and loss.
He owned our debt and paid our price,
Our greatest scapegoat, Jesus Christ,
The one who paid for all our crime,
The greatest scapegoat of all time,
The greatest scapegoat of all time,
The greatest scapegoat of all time,
Because he was the GOAT.
Sheet music is available at musescore.com. Besides lead and backup vocals, the arrangement that I put up there also calls for oboe, piano, timpani, a drumkit, violas, and double bass. However, I believe the song could be adapted for other combinations.