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Jesus Christ Superstar – Gethsemane lyrics
I only want to say
If there is a way
Take this cup away from me
For I don't want to taste its poison
Feel it burn me,
I have changed
I'm not as sure
As when we started

Then I was inspired
Now I'm sad and tired
Listen, surely I've exceeded expectations
Tried for three years, seems like thirty
Could you ask as much from any other man?

But if I die
See the saga through and do the things you ask of me
Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree
I'd want to know I'd want to know my God
I'd want to see I'd want to see my God

Why 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 Lord
I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord

If I die what will be my reward?
I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord
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 brain
Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die
You're far too keen on where and how but not so hot on why
Alright I'll die!
Just watch me die!
See how I die!

Then I was inspired
Now I'm sad and tired
After all I've tried for three years, seems like ninety
Why then am I scared to finish what I started
What you started -- I didn't start it
God thy will is hard
But you hold every card
I will drink your cup of poison,
Nail me to the cross and break me
Bleed me, beat me, kill me
Take me now
Before I change my mind


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Vader, een laatste vraag
Moet het echt vandaag?
Moet ik deze beker drinken?
Het gif is bitter op mijn lippen
Voel het branden
Ik ben bang
Ik twijfel nu aan heel mijn missie

Ooit had ik de kracht, maar die faalt vannacht
Ik heb braaf jouw Blijde Boodschap
Uitgedragen, heel die drie jaar
Voelt als dertig
Welke vader vraagt er zoveel van zijn zoon?

Moet ik nu dood?
Werkt een tragisch einde aan een epos echt zo goed?
Al die de spijkers, hamers, gesels, tranen, al dat bloed?

Ik zie niet in, ik zie niet in waarom
Ik zie niet in, ik zie niet in waarom
Ik vraag alleen, vraag alleen waarom
Ik vraag alleen, vraag alleen waarom

Waarom, mijn dood?
Denk je dat de boodschap
Daardoor beter wordt gehoord?
Krijgt een woord meer waarde
Als je daarvoor wordt vermoord?

Vader ik vraag, vader ik vraag waarom
Vader ik vraag, vader ik vraag waarom
Zeg me alleen, zeg me alleen waarom
Zeg me alleen, zeg me alleen waarom

Is de dood het ware heldendom?
Maal je dan als dode daar nog om?
Vader, ik vraag, vader, ik vraag waarom
Zeg me alleen, zeg me alleen waarom

Waarom mijn dood?
Waarom mijn dood?

Geef één goede reden voor mijn lijden en mijn pijn
Moeten al jouw wegen altijd ondoorgrondelijk zijn?
Ik heb geen vertrouwen in jouw martelaarsmodel
Ik wil geen rol meer spelen in jouw bloedig passiespel

Goed dan, mijn dood
Jij krijgt mijn dood
Jouw zoon gaat dood
Kijk naar mijn dood

Ooit had ik de kracht, maar die faalt vannacht
Ik ben moe en leeg na drie jaar
Voelt als honderd

Waarom ben ik bang te kiezen voor mijn missie?
Welke missie? Jij koos mijn missie!

God, jouw wil is wreed
Maar kijk, ik sta gereed
Voer me naar de laatste statie
Geef die beker gif en breek me
Beuk me, sla me, slacht me
Doe het nu
Later zeg ik nee
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    English words to the Dutch version these are not the words that are in the English version:

    Father, one last question
    Should it really today?
    Should I drink this cup?
    The poison is bitter on my lips
    Feel the burn
    I'm afraid
    I doubt now my whole mission

    Once I had the power, but that fails tonight
    I dutifully your good news
    Out, the whole three years
    Feels like thirty
    The father asks so much of his son?

    Should I die?
    Does a tragic end to an epic really that good?
    All those nails, hammers, whips, tears, all that blood?

    I do not see, I do not see why
    I do not see, I do not see why
    I only ask, why ask only
    I only ask, why ask only

    Why, my death?
    Do you think the message
    Thereby better heard?
    Getting a word more value
    As you kill them?

    Father I ask, Father I ask why
    Father I ask, Father I ask why
    Just tell me, tell me just why
    Just tell me, tell me just why

    Is death the true heroism?
    Fold up like dead still there for?
    Father, I ask, Father, I ask why
    Just tell me, tell me just why

    Why my death?
    Why my death?

    Give ййn good reason for my suffering and my pain
    Do all your ways are always inscrutable?
    I have no confidence in your martyr model
    I want no longer play a role in your bloody passion play

    Well then, my death
    You get my dead
    Your son is dead
    Look at my death

    Once I had the power, but that fails tonight
    I'm tired and drained after three years
    Feels like a hundred

    Why am I afraid to choose my mission?
    What mission? You chose my mission!

    God, your will is cruel
    But look, I'm ready
    Take me to the last station
    Give the poison cup and break me
    Beech me, beat me, kill me
    Do it now
    Later I say no
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    This is the Dutch version of "Gethsemane". On to meaning this is Jesus asking god why he should be sacrifice and him asking what the great plan was and how he will be remembered.
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