Jesus Christ Superstar – Gethsemane This song really confused me and majority of it got me upset. I felt it to be a contradiction to what I’ve been taught about Jesus for the past fifteen years. The lyrics presented Jesus as though he didn’t want to die for us and that he just wanted to back out of God’s plan. It also specifically states in the verse, “Why then am I scared to …showed first 75 words of 831 total…

…showed last 75 words of 831 total…through the years he as lost faith and is not as certain that he wants to do what he’s being asked of. To me these were the most deceitful lines throughout the entire song. It implies that Jesus was now fed up with everything and has begun to surrender his fight for God and for us. It hurts me to see Jesus described as such an unfaithful and doubting person towards God and us.