Gethsemane (I Only Wanted To Say) - Jesus Christ Superstar/Soundtrack Version

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 know I'd want to know my God
Want to see I'd want to see my God
Want to see I'd want to see my God
Why I should die
Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?
Would the things I've said and done matter anymore?
I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord
Have to know I'd have to know my Lord
Have to see I'd have to see my Lord
Have to see I'd have to see my Lord
If I die what will be my reward?
If I die what will be my reward?

Have to know I'd have to know my Lord
Have to know I'd have to know my Lord
Why why should I die?
Oh 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 and not so hot on why
Alright I'll die!
Oh oh just watch me die
See how see how I'll die!
Oh just watch me 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 your cross and break me
Bleed me beat me kill me take me now - before I change my mind.