The lyricist portrayed Jesus’ humanness by showing his doubt and fear of what was to come. That Jesus at one point was in such a state of distress, that he would to turn his back on his fate and on God. To me he is shown as being selfish and even showed disbelief in what God, his father, had set out for him to do. Jesus turns to his father in his time of despair and asks for him to take the pain away as seen in the verse, “If there is a way, take this cup away from me for I don’t want to taste it’s poison.” Here Jesus explains that

he doesn’t want to go through any more agony and suffering and if there were anyway possible for God to take this burden off his shoulders. Jesus is questioning God and feels as though his death might just go in vain, which is evident in the verse, “Why should I die? Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?” He’s now asking for reasons, for reassurance. He is need of comfort and knows not where to find it. Throughout his prayer in the garden he is reluctant and complains of his life and that he does not want to go through what God has planned for him, but at the end he seems to give in. He accepts what his future holds and even though he doesn’t want to, realizes what has to be done. He holds on to this sentiment till the last verse of the song, which he even shows to be giving in and saying that if he doesn’t die soon, he might just change his mind about everything.

The lines in this song that had most meaning to me must have been, “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.” These are the lines that most frustrated me since it says that Jesus changed from the man he was in the beginning. That through the years he as lost faith

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