| Andrew Lloyd Webber – Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| It's Jesus' agony, knowing for most of his life how he was going to die and knowing that it's all going to start very soon. Imagine if you knew you were going to be crucified, nailed to a cross, I'm sure any person would be terrified at the thought of how painful that must be. So He prays and asks not to be crucified, instead. He was pleading, making his case (Surely I've exceeded expectations, could you ask as much from any other man?) Then He asks to see what will happen of He died, so that He could then decide whether He still wanted to go through with it or not... and when that doesn't happen, He gets angry, "Alright, just watch me die" until He realizes that it was God's plan, not His (Jesus') and gives in to God's will, trusting God's plan. But the end still shows that He's very afraid and knows that if it doesn't happen now, He still might end up changing his mind. It's like don't give me time to think any more, take me now while I am still willing. | |
| Jesus Christ Superstar – Could We Start Again, Please? Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This is the song, aside from Gethsemane, that always gets me. I think it's meant to show how horrified Mary and Peter was as they were seeing that Jesus being the Messiah actually meant that He would be tortured and beaten, and at this point of the musical, they knew he'd end up being crucified. Mary's part, where she says she had been living to see Him but not like that (being beaten) and Peter's "I think you've made your point now" shows how they and other disciples misunderstood what Jesus was doing. All they saw were the miracles and the growing crowd and they thought everything would be glorious, they thought everything was going to be all silk and lace. But Jesus had been telling them all along "Neither you or the 50,000 understand what power is, what glory is, understand at all." This song shows that they are finally beginning to understand that for Jesus to fulfill His promise to them (Any one of you can inherit the Kingdom), Jesus needs to undergo unbelieveable suffering and give up His life (Body and blood, the blood of the NEW and EVERLASTING covenant), and this song shows that they love Him and couldn't bear to see Him suffering, even pleading with Him to stop what was happening. "Before it gets too frightening (Crucifixion), we ought to call a halt. Could we start again, please?" They can only do that if Jesus lived which Jesus could have chosen to do (remember Pilate wanted to save Jesus, not crucify him). |
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