Pilate's Dream
I dreamed I met a Galilean
A most amazing man
He had that look you very rarely find
The haunting, hunted kind
I asked him to say what had happened
How it all began?
I asked again, he never said a word
As if he hadn't heard
And next, the room was full of
Wild and angry men
They seemed to hate this man
They fell on him, and then disappeared again
Then I saw thousands of millions
Crying for this man
And then I heard them mentioning my name
And leaving me the blame
by Tim Rice for "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera with some very profound lyric's by Tim Rice. This is the one that made Andrew Lloyd Webber the king of musicals, a title that lasted for decades and culminated with Phantom of the Opera.
When this came out in the early 70's, I was attending Lutheran school. It was some years and more than one disillusionment later, that I actually listened and paid attention to the lyrics with a much less biased ear.
I found the music to be beautiful and inspiring like the promise of that first kiss. The lyrics were sad and wonderful, joyous and sorrowful one emotion after another. Raising me up and dropping me down. And the vocals were beyond my wildest imaginings. I could hardly believe a man could have such vocal range as Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. The sorrow reminding me that Jesus was also a man.
Just happened to catch the video on YouTube.
Until tomorrow,
Ken
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