Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say).

Garden of Gethsemane

JESUSI only want to sayIf there is awayTake this cup awayFrom me for I don't want to taste its poisonFeel it burn me,I have changed I'm not as sureAs when we startedThen I was inspiredNow I'm sad and tiredListen surely I've exceeded expectationsTried for three years seems like thirtyCould you ask as much from any other man?But if I dieSee the saga through and do the things you ask of meLet them hate me hit me hurt me nail me to their treeI'd wanna know I'd wanna know my GodI'd wanna know I'd wanna know my GodI'd wanna see I'd wanna see my GodI'd wanna see I'd wanna see my GodWhy I should die?Would I be more noticed than I was ever before?Would the things I've said and done matter any more?I'd have to know I'd have to know my LordI'd have to know I'd have to know my LordI'd have to see I'd have to see my LordI'd have to see I'd have to see my LordIf I die what will be my reward?If I die what will be my reward?I'd have to know I'd have to know my LordI'd have to know I'd have to know my LordWhy should I die?Why should I die?Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?Show me just a little of your omnipresent brainShow me there's a reason for your wanting me to dieYou're far too keen on where and how and not so hot on whyAlright I'll die!Just watch me die!See how I die!Then I was inspiredNow I'm sad and tiredAfter all I've tried for three years seems like ninetyWhy then am I scared to finish what I startedWhat you started – I didn't start itGod thy will is hardBut you hold every cardI will drink your cup of poison, nail me to the cross and break meBleed me beat me kill me take me now – before I change my mind

The arrest.

JUDASThere he is! They're all a sleep – the fools!JESUSJudas – must you betray me with a kiss?PETERWhat's the buzz? Tell me what's happeningPETER AND APOSTLESWhat's the buzz? Tell me what's happeningHang on Lord we're gonna fight for youJESUSPut away your swordDon't you know that it's all over?It was nice but now it's goneWhy are you obsessed with fighting?Stick to fishing from now onCROWDTell me Christ how you feel tonightDo you plan to put up a fight?Do you feel that you've had the breaks?What would you say were your big mistakes?Do you think that you may retire?Did you think you would get much higher?How do you view your coming trial?Have your men proved at all worthwhile?Come with us to see CaiaphasYou'll just love the High Priest's houseYou'll just love seeing CaiaphasYou'll just die in the High Priest's houseCome on God this is not like youLet us know what you're gonna do You know what your supporters feelYou'll escape in the final reelTell me Christ how you feel tonightDo you plan to put up a fight?Do you feel that you've had the breaks?What would you say were your big mistakes?Come with us to age CaiaphasYou'll just love the High Priest's houseYou'll just love seeing CaiaphasYou'll just die in High Priest's houseNow we have him! Now we have got him!CAIAPHASJesus you must realise the serious charges facing youYou say you're the Son of God in all your handouts – well is it true?JESUSThat's what you say – you say that I amANNASThere you have it gentlemen -What more evidence do we need?Judas thank you for the victim -Stay a while and you'll see it bleed?CROWDNow we hare him! Now we have got him!Take him to Pilate!

Peter's denial.

MAID BY THE FIREI think I've seen you somewhere -I rememberYou were with that man they took awayI recognise your facePETERYou've got the wrong man ladyI don't know himAnd I wasn't where he was tonight -Never near the placeSOLDIERThat's strange for I am sure I saw you with himYou were right by his side and yet you denied -PETERI tell you I was never with himOLD MANBut I saw you too – it looked just like youPETERI don't know him!MARY MAGDALENEPeter – don't you know what you have saidYou've gone and cut him deadPETERI had to do it don't you see?Or else they'd go for meMARY MAGDALENEIt's what he told us you would do -I wonder how he knew ...