ÒPERSPECTIVEÓ
30 PIECES OF SILVER, THATÕS WHAT I
WAS GIVEN
TO BETRAY INNOCENT BLOOD, FROM
GREED IS HOW IÕM DRIVEN
JESUSÕ APOSTLE, AND INSTRUCTED TO
PREACH THE GOSPEL
BUT INSTEAD, BECAUSE OF ME I MADE
THE EVIRONMENT HOSTILE
IÕVE CAUSED TURMOIL EVEN BEFORE
THIS UNFOILED
LIKE WHEN I QUESTIONED WHY MARY
USED EXPENSIVE OIL
TO ANNOINT MY MASTER FROM THE BOX
OF ALABASTER
CONCERNED FOR THE POOR, NO, MY OWN
WEALTH I WAS AFTER
THE ONE I SEEN HEAL MANY, THE ONE
WHO WOULD SHOW PITY
THE ONE I DIPPED MY BREAD WITH
BEFORE THE DEVIL CAME IN ME
HE KNEW IÕD BETRAY HIM, BUT YET
DIDNÕT CONVICT ME
BUT INSTEAD TOLD ME WHATEVER YOU
DO, JUST DO IT QUICKLY
I KEPT THE MONEY, BUT GETTING MORE
WAS ON MY MIND
AN EXCHANGE FOR SILVER WITH INFO
ON WHERE TO FIND
MY MASTER, I TOLD THE CHIEF
PRIESTS, SERVANTS, AND CAPTAINS
THE ONE I KISS IS HIM, NOT CARING
ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
I SAW IN HIS EYES, WHAT I DID
BROUGHT NO SURPRISE
THROUGH ALL MY LIES, BUT NOT EVEN
A LOOK OF DESPISE
THEN IT HAPPENED, THE UNEXPECTED
FEELING OF REMORSE
WHILE THINKING HIS INNOCENSE BEING
TAKEN BY FORCE
I TRIED TO TAKE THE MONEY BACK,
BUT IT WASNÕT SIMPLE
WHEN THE ELDERS DIDNÕT WANT IT, I
THREW IT DOWN IN THE TEMPLE
I REMEMBER CHRIST SAYING, ITÕD BE
GOOD IF I WASNÕT BORN
THEREFORE, IÕLL HANG MYSELF, CAUSE
THIS GUILT HAS LEFT ME TORN
THIS IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE
APOSTLE JUDAS
THE ONE WHO WOULD BETRAY HIS OWN
MASTER, THOUGH JESUS KNEW THIS
THE ONE WHO ONLY THOUGHT OF
HIMSELF AND NOONE ELSE
THE ONE WHOÕS BURNING DESIRE WAS
OBTAINING WEALTH
THE SAME EVENTS, BUT AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT VIEW
THAN THE OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED,
EACH ACCOUNT IS TRUE
FROM JUDAS TO JESUS TO PETER, ITÕS
ALL EFFECTIVE
THIS SONGÕS DIRECTIVE IS TO LOOK
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE
VERSE 2 (JESUS)
FATHER TAKE THIS CUP AWAY FROM ME
BUT I KNOW I MUST DO THIS SO THE
WORLD IS SAVED THROUGH ME
I PRAY TO THEE, STENGTHEN ME LORD,
HEAR YOUR SON
AND ALLOW ME TO ENDURE THIS UNTIL
THIS BATTLE IS WON
THEY ASKED WAS I THE CHRIST, BUT
COULDNÕT THEY TELL THAT
BY WHEN I SAID MY NAME AND THOSE
OFFICERS FELL BACK
BUT I HAD TO DRINK THIS CUP, CAUSE
MAN NEEDED A SAVIOR
FOR EVERYONE IN THE WORLD,
INCLUDING MY OWN BETRAYER
MY OWN PEOPLE SOUGHT FOR MY LIFE
FOR A LONG TIME
BECAUSE I WORKED THROUGH GOD,
HEALING PEOPLE, IS THAT A CRIME
IÕM ONLY DOING WHAT I WAS
INSTRUCTED TO DO
TO SHED MY BLOOD, TO STOP ETERNAL
DESTRUCTION TO YOU
THEY BLASPHEMED ME AND MY FATHER,
ITÕS ALL THE SAME
THEY TOOK ME IN VAIN, SPIT ON ME,
CALLED OUT MY NAME
AND TOOK ME TO TRIAL, AND DEFILING
ME AS A CRIMINAL
TORTURED IN EVERY WAY, PAIN WAS
NOTHING MINIMAL
TRADING MY INNOCENT BLOOD FOR A
MURDERER
THE CHOICE WAS GOOD OR EVIL, BUT
EVILÕS WHAT THEY PREFERRED
AS THE PEOPLE SAID THAT MY BLOOD
WOULD BE ON THEM
AND THEIR CHILDREN, PASSING THE
BLAME FROM THEIR SIN
TIRED AND WEAK, I HARDLY COULD
SPEAK, BUT STILL FORGAVE THEM
CARRIED THE CROSS TO CALVARY, JUST
TO SAVE THEM
BUT IF THEY KNEW WHAT IÕM REALLY
TRYING TO DO
IS SACRIFICING MY LIFE FOR THEM AS
WELL AS YOU
BECAUSE IF THEREÕS NO SHEDDING OF
BLOOD, THEREÕS NO REMISSION
OF SINS, THATÕS WHY I MUST ENDURE
THIS CRUCIFIXION
EVERY NAIL AND THORN IN MY FLESH
THAT SATAN BRUNG
WILL END IN TRIUMPH, BECAUSE MY
MISSION IS ALMOST DONE
EVERY MUSCLE IS ACHING ME, DEATH
IS MY FATE YOU SEE
AND ODDLY, THE ONLY TIME I FEEL
GOD HAS FORSAKEN ME
THE PROPHECYÕS FULFILLED GOD, HERE
UNTO YOU
PLEASE RECEIVE ME, AS I GIVE MY
SPIRIT TO YOU
THIS IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF JESUS
THE CHRIST
THE ONE WHO WOULD SAVE MAN, BY
LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE
THE ONE WHO WOULD PERFORM MANY
WORKS AND MANY MIRACLES
THE ONE WHO WOULD TEACH TRUTH
THROUGH MANY SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES
THE SAME EVENTS, BUT AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT VIEW
THAN THE OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED,
EACH ACCOUNT IS TRUE
FROM JUDAS TO JESUS TO PETER, ITÕS
ALL EFFECTIVE
THIS SONGÕS DIRECTIVE IS TO LOOK
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE
VERSE 3 (PETER)
NO MATTER WHAT TAKES PLACE, I WILL
ABIDE WITH YOU
BE ON YOUR SIDE WITH YOU AND DIE
FOR YOU, IÕD NEVER LIE TO YOU
YOU ASKED WHO AM I TO YOU, I SAID
THE CHRIST
SON OF THE LIVING GOD, NO NEED TO
THINK TWICE
ADVICE OFTEN YOUÕVE GIVEN ME,
WORDS YOU SPOKE HAVE DRIVEN ME
EVER SINCE YOU MET ME AND MY
BROTHER, YOU LOVED HIM AND ME
MASTER, LORD, AND SAVIOR, ALSO MY
FRIEND
I LEFT MY FAMILY FOR YOU TO BE A
FISHER OF MEN
BACK THEN, I DIDNÕT KNOW WHAT YOU
MEANT THAT YOU HAD TO LEAVE US
REBUKED BY JESUS, ALL I COULD
THINK WAS WHO WOULD LEAD US
IÕM SORRY LORD THAT MY MIND AT
TIMES WASNÕT ON YO
YOUR TRANSFIGURATION BEFORE ME,
THEN I KNEW
WHO YOU WERE, FORGIVER OF ALL MY
PAST MISTAKES
THE GIVER OF LOVE AS WELL AS MY
TEACHER OF FAITH
WHILE SINKING, YOU SAID LITTLE
FAITH AND GRABBED MY HAND
NOT MEANING IN SIZE, BUT MEANING
IN SHORT SPAND
WHEN WASHING MY FEET, YOU SAID I
WASNÕT ALL CLEAN
BEFORE NOW, I WONDERED WHAT DID
THIS ALL MEAN
BUT YOU KNEW WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE
WHEN THE SERVANTS FOUND US
EVEN WHEN I USED THE SWORD AND
STRUCK THE EAR OF MALCHUS
WHEN YOU TOLD ME, DONÕT, AND
HEALED HIM I WAS CONVICTED
WHEN THEY TOOK YOU AWAY, I FORGOT
WHAT YOU PREDICTED
WERENÕT YOU ALSO WITH HIM, WHAT DO
YOU MEAN?
THEY ASKED ME AGAIN, WAS IT YOU
WITH HIM WE SEEN?
YOU SURELY WERE WITH HIM, FOR YOUR
SPEECH GIVES YOU AWAY
WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWED, I
RECALLED WHAT YOU SAID THAT DAY
MAD AT NOONE ELSE BUT MYSELF, I
WEPT BITTERLY
HOW COULD I DO THIS, BECAUSE A
FRIEND YOU HAD CONSIDERED ME
BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOU STILL SAW MY
WORTH
AND TOLD ME THAT ON THIS ROCK YOU
WOULD BUILD YOUR CHURCH
INSTEAD OF BEING DISCRETE OR EVEN
SEEING DEFEAT
IÕD RATHER DO WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO
DO BY FEEDING YOUR SHEEP
CHORUS 3
THIS IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE
APOSTLE PETER
THE FISHERMAN THROUGH DISCIPLESHIP
WHO BECAME A BELIEVER
WHO WALKED ON WATER UNTIL HIS
FAITH STARTED TO WAIVER
BRAVER THAN MANY, BUT STILL THE ONE
WHO DENIED THE SAVIOR
THE SAME EVENTS, BUT AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT VIEW
THAN THE OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED,
EACH ACCOUNT IS TRUE
FROM JUDAS TO JESUS TO PETER, ITÕS
ALL EFFECTIVE
THIS SONGÕS DIRECTIVE IS TO LOOK
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE